Protocol for the delegated authentication of new agents when the number of agents is scaling in swarming robot systems

Abstract

The intensive development of group robotics, including swarm robotic systems (SRS), actualizes the issues of information security. Known approaches to agent authentication of swarm robotic systems do not take into account the scalability properties of the system, which contributes to the «avalanche effect» with a significant number of agents used. The purpose of this work is to increase the efficiency of performing such tasks by SRS agents, which require an increase in the concentration of agents, by taking into account the time required to authenticate new agents. In accordance with the task set, the task of extending the protocol for delegated authentication of new agents while scaling the coverage of SRS agents based on Feige — Fiat — Shamir identification scheme with zero knowledge has been developed. An element of scientific innovation is an impressive set of production rules presented in image selections that allow the use of agent information exchange algorithms using a distributed registry of delegated authentication protocols for agents that have previously successfully passed this test. The specific features of the presented approach include solutions to use any basic authentication protocol determined by the hardware distribution of the computing platform of robotic devices that are part of the SRS. Also agents have ability to «switch» between the highest priority tasks and, in interaction with other agents of painless authentication, in the search area for identified at least one neighbor agent. The presented protocol is implemented in the form of software in the Python programmingcontrol systems.