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SWARM-BOT: Pattern Formation in a Swarm of Self-Assembling Mobile Robots

Sahin, E.; Labella, T.H.; Trianni, V.; Deneubourg, J.-L.; Rasse, P.; Floreano, D.; Gambardella, L.M.; Mondada, F.; Nolfi, S.; Dorigo, M.
  • Presented at: IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Hammamet, Tunisia, October 6-9
  • Published in: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, vol. 4, p. 145 -150. El Kamel, A. ; Mellouli, K. ; Borne, P. (eds.)
  • Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 2002

In this paper we introduce a new robotic system, called swarm-bot. The system consists of a swarm of mobile robots with the ability to connect to/disconnect from each other to self-assemble into different kinds of structures. First, we describe our vision and the goals of the project. Then we present preliminary results on the formation of patterns obtained from a grid-world simulation of the system.

Note: A. El Kamel, K. Mellouli, and P. Borne, (eds)

Keywords: SWARM_BOTS

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