MUMBAI, India, June 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641070004 A) filed by Ms. Chandana S N; Mrs. Rajani Kodagali; Ms. K Ashwini; Mrs I. Karthika; Mrs. S. Nivedha; and Dr. Shailendra Kumar Bohidar on June 04, 2026, for Decentralized Multi-Robot Communication And Coordination System With Trust-Weighted Mesh Consensus And Autonomous Task Reconfiguration.
Inventors include Ms. Chandana S N; Mrs. Rajani Kodagali; Ms. K Ashwini; Mrs I. Karthika; Mrs. S. Nivedha; and Dr. Shailendra Kumar Bohidar.
The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.
Abstract: The present invention discloses a decentralized multi-robot communication and coordination system for enabling a plurality of autonomous robot nodes to communicate, coordinate, and reconfigure mission execution without reliance on a centralized controller. Each robot node includes a sensor assembly, wireless communication interface, local mission-state ledger, trust evaluation engine, trust-weighted consensus engine, autonomous task reconfiguration module, safety validation layer, and actuator controller. The robot nodes form a self-healing mesh communication network for exchanging prioritized mission-state messages. A dynamic trust score is assigned to neighbouring robot nodes based on message freshness, sensor consistency, communication reliability, movement consistency, and task-performance history. Consensus decisions are generated using trust-weighted evaluation of received information. Pending tasks are automatically redistributed when a robot fails, disconnects, becomes overloaded, or reports insufficient battery. A safety validation layer verifies each coordination action before actuator execution. The system improves fault tolerance, communication efficiency, swarm scalability, and operational safety in dynamic robotic environments. Accompanied Drawing [FIGS. 1-2]
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