Collective Behaviors in Swarms of Builder Robots

Abstract

Swarm robotics is inspired by the behavior of social animals for the coordination of a large number of low cost and insufficient robots that in performing a task requires collaboration. The behavior in a swarm of robots can be manipulated by changing the parameters of repulsion, attraction, orientation and influence (RAOI). In the case of repulsion, attraction and orientation modify the basic behavior of the swarm creating functional groups of robots keeping them close or dispersed, even forming chains. While the influence parameter is associated with specific stimuli to guide the swarm to perform simple tasks. To demonstrate this, a simulation platform presents the impact of these parameters in a swarm of builder robots considering a task of transporting materials.