Abstract

Field: Robot network protocols; distributed systems architecture; AI robot interoperability

Problem Solved: No prior open protocol standard defines a complete layered network architecture for robot-to-robot cooperation covering discovery, identity, trust, communication, cooperation, learning, and economic transaction as a unified, certifiable stack.

Disclosure Summary: RP2P™ defines a seven-layer network protocol architecture — RP2P-0 through RP2P-6 — as a unified stack enabling AI robots, AI agents, and AI Robot Compatible™ infrastructure to discover, identify, trust, communicate, cooperate, learn, and transact with one another across vendors, networks, and geographic boundaries. The architecture is organized into the Connectivity Plane (layers 0–3) and the Cooperation Plane (layers 4–6). Layer dependencies are normatively defined.

Key Technical Details:

• RP2P-0 Discovery: mDNS/DNS-SD extended with robot-specific beacon and wide-area Registry

• RP2P-1 Identity: Robot Identity Framework — decentralized, self-certifying robot identity

• RP2P-2 Trust: Trust Score Framework — 0–1000 composite trust value

• RP2P-3 Communication: QUIC primary transport, port 7272, TLS 1.3 session security

• RP2P-4 Cooperation: Task negotiation, mesh coordination, Task Contract protocol

• RP2P-5 Learning: Skill packages, model exchange, federated learning capability

• RP2P-6 Economy: Service offers, metering, settlement with pluggable Settlement Providers

• Three conformance classes: Class A (L0–3), Class B (L0–5), Class C (all seven layers)

• RP2P-SAFE™ Emergency Services Profile operates across all layers with priority override

• Port 7272 mnemonic for R2-R2 peer-to-peer symmetry

Prior Art Differentiation: TCP/IP defines a network protocol stack for general computing. DDS defines real-time data distribution. ROS2 defines robot middleware. No prior open standard defines a unified seven-layer network protocol architecture for robot-to-robot cooperation integrating decentralized identity, evidence-based trust, cooperative task management, skill transfer, and economic transaction as normatively defined layers with explicit dependency rules.

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