TY - GEN
T1 - Self organizing behavior and swarm intelligence in a pack of mobile miniature robots in search of pollutants
AU - Genovese, V.
AU - Dario, P.
AU - Magni, R.
AU - Odetti, L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1992 IEEE. All rights reserved.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - In this paper we discuss a "distributed robotic system" (DRS) based on the notionsof "Instinctive" response and cooperation. The proposed DRS comprises cellular robotic units dedicated to enviromental monitoring. The paper attempts to exploit previous theoretical analysis in the field of Cellular Robotic Systems (CRS) in order to implement a real society of miniature robots. We believe that practical applications of CRS can be envisaged, Just like for their biological analogues, essentially in those tasaks requiring "exploration", "hunting/defence", and "transportation" capabilities. The specific application which has been considered in this paper Is the search of pollutants emitting odors and gases, perhaps toxic, that the cellular robots must detect. The analogy is with a pack of animals aggressively in search of preys in a partially constrained unstructured environment. The overall behavior of the pack of CRS is investigated by simulation. In addition, the problem of efficient communication between different robotic units is also addressed.
AB - In this paper we discuss a "distributed robotic system" (DRS) based on the notionsof "Instinctive" response and cooperation. The proposed DRS comprises cellular robotic units dedicated to enviromental monitoring. The paper attempts to exploit previous theoretical analysis in the field of Cellular Robotic Systems (CRS) in order to implement a real society of miniature robots. We believe that practical applications of CRS can be envisaged, Just like for their biological analogues, essentially in those tasaks requiring "exploration", "hunting/defence", and "transportation" capabilities. The specific application which has been considered in this paper Is the search of pollutants emitting odors and gases, perhaps toxic, that the cellular robots must detect. The analogy is with a pack of animals aggressively in search of preys in a partially constrained unstructured environment. The overall behavior of the pack of CRS is investigated by simulation. In addition, the problem of efficient communication between different robotic units is also addressed.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/2342516548
U2 - 10.1109/IROS.1992.594225
DO - 10.1109/IROS.1992.594225
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:2342516548
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
SP - 1575
EP - 1582
BT - IROS 1992 - Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 1992 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 1992
Y2 - 7 July 1992 through 10 July 1992
ER -