The cooperation of swarm-bots: physical interactions in collective robotics

Author

Mondada, Francesco ; Gambardella, Luca Maria ; Floreano, Dario ; Nolfi, Stefano ; Deneuborg, J.-L. ; Dorigo, Marco

Author_Institution

Autonomous Syst. Lab., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Switzerland

Volume

12

Issue

2

fYear

2005

fDate

6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

28

Abstract

This paper describes the development of concepts of the SWARM-BOTS project and briefly overviews the outcomes of the project including the mechanical and electronic features of the developed robots. The paper also presents a physics-based simulator suitable to investigate time-consuming adaptive algorithms and shows examples of cooperative behaviors, both in simulation and in hardware. This novel research field addresses the design and implementation of robotic systems composed of swarms of robots that interact and cooperate to reach their goals.

Keywords

cooperative systems; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; SWARM BOTS Project; collective robotics; cooperative behaviors; physics-based simulator; swarm robotics; time-consuming adaptive algorithms; Centralized control; Displays; Distributed control; Hardware; Intelligent robots; Mobile robots; Robot kinematics; Robotics and automation; Robust control; Robustness;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9932

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MRA.2005.1458313

Filename

1458313