(from idro- , suggesting fluidity/water, and -net , network) is proposed as a bio-inspired, fluid topology network where each agent acts as both a data relay and a decision node. The name reflects the network’s ability to flow around obstacles and reconfigure seamlessly, much like water.
Author: [To be assigned] Affiliation: [Institute / Research Lab] Date: April 14, 2026 Abstract The rapid proliferation of autonomous systems—from drones to robotic swarms—has exposed critical limitations in centralized control architectures, including latency, single points of failure, and bandwidth constraints. This paper introduces Idroide Net , a decentralized networking protocol and coordination framework designed for heterogeneous autonomous agents. Idroide Net leverages a hybrid consensus mechanism combining directed acyclic graph (DAG) structures for data integrity and reputation-based trust scoring for agent reliability. We demonstrate through simulation that Idroide Net achieves sub-second reconfiguration under node failures, 40% lower overhead than traditional mesh networks, and resilience to Byzantine attacks in up to 30% of swarm nodes. The framework is validated on a testbed of 100 physical ground and aerial robots. 1. Introduction Autonomous multi-agent systems require robust, low-latency communication without permanent infrastructure. Existing solutions—such as ROS 2 over WiFi, Zigbee mesh, or LoRa—struggle with dynamic topology changes, energy constraints, and malicious or faulty nodes. idroide net
