ARGoS-Blockchain Interface in Python

AUTHOR:

Alexandre Pacheco [email protected]

CREDITS:

Ken Hasselmann for argos-python wrapper https://github.com/KenN7/argos-python

Volker Strobel for setup https://github.com/Pold87/blockchain-swarm-robotics

DATE: 15/02/2023

Installation guide

This guide assumes a previously clean installation of Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (Focal Fossa).

ARGoS

Step 1: Download and compile ARGoS version 59 (instructions at https://github.com/ilpincy/argos3)

Step 2: Download and compile E-puck plugin (instructions at https://github.com/demiurge-project/argos3-epuck)

Docker

Step 1: Install docker (instructions at https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/)

Step 2: Run docker as non-root user (instructions at https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall)

Put it all together

Step 1: Clone the repo

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/teksander/geth-argos.git

Step 2: Compile ARGoS-Python

$ cd geth-argos/argos-python
$ git checkout temp
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make

Step 3: Compile Docker image

$ cd geth-argos/argos-blockchain/geth/
$ docker build -t mygeth .
$ docker swarm init

Step 4: Other packages and reqs

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ethereum/ethereum
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install solc

$ sudo apt install python3-pip
$ pip3 install rpyc psutil

Step 5: Configuration and Run

Edit experimentconfig.sh and blockchainconfig.sh files to match your paths
Then run an experiment (Tip: Start with HelloNeighbor. FloorEstimation is not implemented currently))

cd geth-argos/HelloNeighbor
./starter -r -s