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2010
Springer

Antbots: A Feasible Visual Emulation of Pheromone Trails for Swarm Robots

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Antbots: A Feasible Visual Emulation of Pheromone Trails for Swarm Robots
In this paper we present an experimental setup to model the pheromone trail based foraging behaviour of ants using a special phosphorescent glowing paint. We have built two custom addons for the e-puck robot that allow for trail laying and following on the glowing floor, as well as a way for the robots to mimic the ants capability of using polarization patterns as a means of navigation. Using simulations we show that our approach allows for efficient pathfinding between nest and potential food sources. Experimental results show that our trail and sun compass add-on boards are accurate enough to allow a single robot to lay and follow a trail repeatedly.
Ralf Mayet, Jonathan Roberz, Thomas Schmickl, Karl
Added 10 Feb 2011
Updated 10 Feb 2011
Type Journal
Year 2010
Where ANTSW
Authors Ralf Mayet, Jonathan Roberz, Thomas Schmickl, Karl Crailsheim
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