Robotchain: Using Tezos Technology for Robot Event Management

Authors

  • Miguel Fernandes Departamento de Informática, Universidade da Beira Interior and Instituto de Telecomunicações, Covilhã, Portugal
  • Luís A Alexandre Departamento de Informática, Universidade da Beira Interior and Instituto de Telecomunicações, Covilhã, Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/ledger.2019.175

Keywords:

blockchain, robotics, Tezos

Abstract

Robots are important equipment in the modern day factory environment. To maintain and improve factory productivity, ledgers containing robotic actions may be used to identify possible bottleneck points in an assembly line or to serve as a record of in unintentional behaviours, be it of a malicious nature or not. In this paper we present Robotchain, a possible solution using blockchain technology, that prevents unwanted changes in a robotic action ledger and provides a way to use the said ledger in order to aid in production efficiency or other management requirements. This paper also presents an initial experimental study of the Tezos blockchain in order to understand the challenges related to using its advanced blockchain technology for the Robotchain implementation.

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Published

2019-04-09

How to Cite

Fernandes, M., & Alexandre, L. A. (2019). Robotchain: Using Tezos Technology for Robot Event Management. Ledger, 4. https://doi.org/10.5195/ledger.2019.175

Issue

Vol 4, Supplement 1 (2019): Proceedings of the First Symposium on Blockchain and Robotics, MIT Media Lab, 5 December 2018

Section

Proceedings Articles

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