Leveraging Azure IoT and ROS2 for Multi-Agent Robot Communication
Swarm robotics is the future of distributed autonomy-and the cloud is the glue that holds it together. Azure for Swarm Robotics is your comprehensive guide to orchestrating real-time coordination, data exchange, and mission control across fleets of autonomous robots using ROS2 and Microsoft Azure.
Whether you're building a drone swarm, a fleet of mobile service robots, or a collaborative factory automation system, this book teaches you how to harness the full power of Azure IoT, Edge, and ROS2 DDS to build scalable, reliable, and intelligent swarm systems.
Inside, you'll learn how to:
Connect ROS2 agents to Azure IoT Hub for secure, scalable messaging
Use Azure Digital Twins to model and monitor distributed robot fleets
Implement bi-directional communication between cloud services and robot nodes
Deploy edge computing with Azure IoT Edge for low-latency control
Coordinate task assignments, status sharing, and fault recovery in multi-agent environments
Apply Azure Functions, Stream Analytics, and Event Grid for real-time swarm intelligence
Integrate telemetry, diagnostics, and AI insights into swarm operations dashboards
This isn't just cloud connectivity-it's a robust command and coordination framework designed for high-demand, mission-critical swarm robotics applications.