How Can Robots Trust Each Other? A Relative Needs Entropy Based Trust Assessment Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.07443v1
• Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 14:33:11 GMT
• Title: How Can Robots Trust Each Other? A Relative Needs Entropy Based Trust Assessment Models
• Authors: Qin Yang and Ramviyas Parasuraman
• Abstract summary: This paper proposes a new model called Relative Needs Entropy (RNE) to assess trust between robotic agents. The results suggest that RNE trust-Based grouping of robots can achieve better performance and adaptability for diverse task execution.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Cooperation in multi-agent and multi-robot systems can help agents build various formations, shapes, and patterns presenting corresponding functions and purposes adapting to different situations. Relationship between agents such as their spatial proximity and functional similarities could play a crucial role in cooperation between agents. Trust level between agents is an essential factor in evaluating their relationships' reliability and stability, much as people do. This paper proposes a new model called Relative Needs Entropy (RNE) to assess trust between robotic agents. RNE measures the distance of needs distribution between individual agents or groups of agents. To exemplify its utility, we implement and demonstrate our trust model through experiments simulating a heterogeneous multi-robot grouping task in a persistent urban search and rescue mission consisting of tasks at two levels of difficulty. The results suggest that RNE trust-Based grouping of robots can achieve better performance and adaptability for diverse task execution compared to the state-of-the-art energy-based or distance-based grouping models.

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