How can we make use of one or more computationally powerful virtual robots, to create a hive mind network to better coordinate multi-robot teams?

项目描述：1.研究目的和概述本研究旨在从蜂群中获得灵感，以开发蜂群思维网络。所提出的网络架构利用皇后节点，这是一个具有大型计算资源（例如云服务器）的虚拟实体，网络上的所有机器人都可以连接到该虚拟实体。与蜂王类似，蜂王节点可以处理整个蜂群思维的数据，而单个机器人只能在本地处理数据。皇后节点还可以用于向网络传送信息，在机器人之间共享数据，监视机器人的状态，以及控制整个网络的行为。蜂王模型将与集群机器人概念相结合，其中机器人团队以分布式方式运行。该项目旨在回答3个关键的研究问题，这些问题是为了解决大约每年一个博士学位而编写的：1。我们如何才能构建一个具有集成皇后节点的多机器人团队，皇后节点应该完成哪些有用的功能？2.这个模型是否可以用来促进两个或多个多机器人团队之间的通信，每个团队都有自己的皇后节点，以完成一个共享的任务？3.我们如何证明女王节点模型在真实的世界应用中的有效性，以提高实验室外的群体性能？

Project description:1. Research Aim and OverviewThis research aims to take inspiration from bee colonies to develop a hive mind [1] network. The proposed network architecture makes use of a queen node, a virtual entity with a large computational resource (e.g. a cloud server) that all robots on the network can connect to. In a similar vein to the queen bee, the queen node can process data for the entire hive mind whilst the individual robots are only able to process data at a local level. The queen node may also be used for communicating information to the network, sharing data between robots, monitoring the status of robots, and controlling the behaviour of the network as a whole. The queen bee model will be combined with swarm robotics concepts wherebyteams of robots operate in a distributed manner.This project aims to answer 3 key research questions, these have been written with the intention of addressing approximately one per year of the PhD:1. How can we build a multi-robot team with an integrated queen node and what useful functions should the queen node complete?2. Can this model be used to facilitate the communication between two or more multi-robot teams, each with their own queen node, to complete a shared task?3. How can we demonstrate the queen node model's effectiveness on real world applications to improve swarm performance outside of the laboratory?