Automated machines and systems

A controller for an automated machine, the controller comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• determine, if a sensing process using a sensor of the automated machine fulfills a reliability criterion;
• generate, when the criterion is not fulfilled, a message to a second automated machine in accordance with a communication protocol, the message comprising a request to provide a result of a second sensing process using a sensor of the second automated machine.

A controller for an automated machine comprising:

• a processor configured to
• obtain a first message from a second automated machine in accordance with a communication protocol, the first message comprising a request to provide a result of a sensing process;
• generate a second message to the second automated machine in accordance with the communication protocol, the second message comprising the result of the sensing process performed by the automated machine.