Quantum entanglement of autonomous vehicles for cyber-physical security

Abstract

This paper discusses collaboration of autonomous unmanned systems in the presence of cyber-physical attacks, inspired by Quantum Entanglement (Qe). QE describes a quantum state of correlated pairs or groups of particles as a whole while interacting, even for the particles separated by a large distance. The QE is a physical phenomenon at the molecular level and below, and the effects of QE would quickly be lost at the macroscopic scale due to the interactions of the system with the environment and the exchange of thermal radiation. However, entanglement between animals and in the biological domain have been suggested, such as the hypotheses of quantum computations, which rely on QE that is taking place in the brain, and quantum cooperation of two ants, or two distant butterflies. The present research discusses scenarios of autonomous systems maintaining their collaboration even if the communication is lost between them, and they are separated by a large distance, inspired by QE.