SWARM-BOT: from concept to implementation

Abstract

Absrmcf-This paper presents a new robotic concept, called SWARM-BOT, based on a swarm of autonomous mobile robots with self-assembling capabilities. SWARM-BOT takes advantage from collective and distributed approaches to ensure robustness to failures and to bard environment conditions in tasks such as navigation, search and transportation in rough terrain. One SWARM-BOT b composed of a number of simpler robots, called s-bots, physically interconnected. The SWARM-BOT is provided with selfassembling and self-reconfiguring capabilities whereby s-bots can connect and disconnect forming large flexible structures. This paper introduces the SWARM-BOT concept and describes its implementation from a mecbatronic perspective.

UB robot swarm — Design, implementation, and power management

“…The sensory unit is important for performing the tasks such as obstacle detection, obstacle avoidance, detecting its neighboring robot, and navigation [6]. Sensors are classified as five sensing elements of the robot and are used to collect sensory data about their surrounding.…”

“…The swarm-bot research project [6], deals with design and implementation of swarm robots (s-bots) with self organizing and self assembling capabilities, but each S-bot is physically identical (homogeneous) and uses same kind of sensors, actuators, microcontroller. S-bot can connect with other S-bots with rigid gripper and also able to lift the other S-bots to create bigger structure.…”

On the Problem of Representing and Characterizing the Dynamics of Multi-Robot Systems

“…Now we want to focus on the problem of representing the dynamics of a group of robots that require the performance of accurate physical maneuvers to operate, as it is the case of modular and self-assembling multi-robot systems (Mondada et al, 2003;Murata et al, 2002;Yim, 1994). In contrast to other applications of collective robotics in which isolated, even individualist autonomous robots can contribute to the successful operation of the whole system, a modular multi-robot system relies on the establishment and execution of agreements among its members.…”

Design of a Micro-Autonomous Robot for Use in Astronomical Instruments

“…A number of small robots have previously been developed such as ANTS (McLurkin 1996), Epsons robot Monsieur, SWARM-BOT (Mondada et al 2003), ALICE (Caprari et al 1998;Caprari et al 2000;Caprari 2003;Caprari et al 2001) amongst others (Byrne et al 2002;Fukuda and Eeyama 1994;Fukuda et al 1999;Mitsumoto et al 1995;Kim et al 1996;Dario et al 1998). Unfortunately these robots are part of research programs and are not available as off-the-shelf items.…”