Sciweavers

ANTSW
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
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 ...
Ralf Mayet, Jonathan Roberz, Thomas Schmickl, Karl...
ANTSW
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
Evaluating the Robustness of Activator-Inhibitor Models for Cluster Head Computation
Activator-inhibitor models have been widely used to explain several morphogenetic processes. They have also been used to engineer algorithms for computer graphics, distributed syst...
Lidia Yamamoto, Daniele Miorandi
ANTSW
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
A Cooperative Network Game Efficiently Solved via an Ant Colony Optimization Approach
Abstract. In this paper, a Cooperative Network Game (CNG) is introduced. In this game, all players have the same goal: display a video content in real time, with no cuts and low bu...
Pablo Romero, Franco Robledo, Pablo Rodrígu...
ANTSW
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
Mobile Stigmergic Markers for Navigation in a Heterogeneous Robotic Swarm
We study self-organized navigation in a heterogeneous robotic swarm consisting of two types of robots: small wheeled robots, called foot-bots, and flying robots that can attach to ...
Frederick Ducatelle, Gianni A. Di Caro, Alexander ...
ANTSW
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
Opinion Dynamics for Decentralized Decision-Making in a Robot Swarm
In this paper, we study how an opinion dynamics model can be the core of a collective decision-making mechanism for swarm robotics. Our main result is that when opinions represent ...
Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Eliseo Ferrante, Nith...
ANTSW
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
"Look out!": Socially-Mediated Obstacle Avoidance in Collective Transport
Eliseo Ferrante, Manuele Brambilla, Mauro Birattar...
ANTSW
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
Cooperation in a Heterogeneous Robot Swarm through Spatially Targeted Communication
Abstract. We consider a heterogeneous swarm robotic system composed of wheeled and aerial robots called foot-bots and eye-bots, respectively. The foot-bots are able to physically c...
Nithin Mathews, Anders Lyhne Christensen, Rehan O'...
ANTSW
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
Evolution of Self-organised Path Formation in a Swarm of Robots
We present a set of experiments in which a robotic swarm manages to collectively explore the environment, forming a path to navigate between two target areas, which are too distant...
Valerio Sperati, Vito Trianni, Stefano Nolfi
ANTSW
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
Functional Blueprints: An Approach to Modularity in Grown Systems
Abstract. The engineering of grown systems poses fundamentally different system integration challenges than ordinary engineering of static designs. On the one hand, a grown system ...
Jacob Beal