TY - GEN
T1 - Two foraging algorithms for robot swarms using only local communication
AU - Hoff, Nicholas R.
AU - Sagoff, Amelia
AU - Wood, Robert J.
AU - Nagpal, Radhika
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Large collections of robots have the potential to perform tasks collectively using distributed control algorithms. These algorithms require communication between robots to allow the robots to coordinate their behavior and act as a collective. In this paper we describe two algorithms which allow coordination between robots, but do not require physical environment marks such as pheromones. Instead, these algorithms rely on simple, local, low-bandwidth, direct communication between robots. We describe the algorithms and measure their performance in worlds with and without obstacles.
AB - Large collections of robots have the potential to perform tasks collectively using distributed control algorithms. These algorithms require communication between robots to allow the robots to coordinate their behavior and act as a collective. In this paper we describe two algorithms which allow coordination between robots, but do not require physical environment marks such as pheromones. Instead, these algorithms rely on simple, local, low-bandwidth, direct communication between robots. We describe the algorithms and measure their performance in worlds with and without obstacles.
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U2 - 10.1109/ROBIO.2010.5723314
DO - 10.1109/ROBIO.2010.5723314
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79952963738
SN - 9781424493173
T3 - 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2010
SP - 123
EP - 130
BT - 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2010
T2 - 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2010
Y2 - 14 December 2010 through 18 December 2010
ER -