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Amit Agrawal, J.M. Keller, R. K. Dave · 2011
In this paper, we present a physical implementation of Random Peer-to-Peer (RP2P) communication for use in a multiple- robot system and analyze its performance. Tradition ally, multiple-robot systems have either broadcast all of their inter- robot communication or have avoided explicit communication al- together. RP2P communication, on the other hand, allows efficient system-level communication while retainin g the error- correction capabilities of peer-to-peer connections . We demonstrate that RP2P communication can be implemented with off-the-shelf components. MRS as large as ten robots are investigated and it is demonstrated that message ra tes as high as 50 messages/second are easily achievable using T CP connections and 802.11B wireless interface.