How Blockchain Could Make Robot Swarms Smarter - CoinDesk

The robots are coming, and they're getting smaller, smarter and cheaper. While today, businesses may own just a single drone, one day, large parts of whole industries could be overseen by a new generation of robots. But, how will groups of these robots perform useful tasks like collecting crop data or organizing around a common goal? That's one role for the blockchain proposed in a new white paper from MIT Media Lab research affiliate Eduardo Castello Ferrer. The eight-year robotics veteran believes that by using the blockchain to distribute information, whole armies of robots could solve problems and accomplish tasks more efficiently. The idea is that in robotic swarms, each robot follows basic rules, drawing inspiration from creatures like ants and fish that often clump together.