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TY - GEN
T1 - Experiments in the coordination of large groups of robots
AU - Soriano Marcolino, Leandro
AU - Chaimowicz, Luiz
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The use of large groups of robots, generally called swarms, has gained increased attention in recent years. In this paper, we present and experimentally validate an algorithm that allows a swarm of robots to navigate in an environment containing unknown obstacles. A coordination mechanism based on dynamic role assignment and local communication is used to help robots that may get stuck in regions of local minima. Experiments were performed using both a realistic simulator and a group of real robots and the obtained results showed the feasibility of the proposed approach.
AB - The use of large groups of robots, generally called swarms, has gained increased attention in recent years. In this paper, we present and experimentally validate an algorithm that allows a swarm of robots to navigate in an environment containing unknown obstacles. A coordination mechanism based on dynamic role assignment and local communication is used to help robots that may get stuck in regions of local minima. Experiments were performed using both a realistic simulator and a group of real robots and the obtained results showed the feasibility of the proposed approach.
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 9783540881896
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
SP - 268
EP - 277
BT - Advances in Artificial Intelligence - SBIA 2008
A2 - Zaverucha, Gerson
A2 - Loureiro Costa, Augusto
PB - Springer-Verlag
CY - Berlin
ER -