low powered IoT robotics is not a new concept and for most home or office configurations connecting multiple devices to a central controlling processor is not uncommon but when the central controller is incapacitated the result is passed on to the attached devices.
In my session i will talk about how you can use multiple Arduino powered devices to connect into a localised cloud to ensure latent scalability whilst maintaining the structural requirements needed to maintain as much operational capacity as viably possible.
The premise for this concept is based on a insect hive where the central command will switch depending on the situation warrants allowing operations to be controlled from another point.
So to with hive robotics when the controlling unit is removed from the array controlled is switched to the next available lead unit thus removing the need for a central controller.
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