#robotics #selfassembling #swarm #swarmrobotics
#robotics #selfassembling #swarm #swarmrobotics
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#swarmrobotics
Originally shared by Andrea Graziano
#swarm #robotics
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/robots-discover-how-cooperative-behavior-evolved-in-insects?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+IeeeSpectrum+(IEEE+Spectrum)
Originally shared by Andrea Graziano
#swarm #robotics
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/robots-discover-how-cooperative-behavior-evolved-in-insects?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+IeeeSpectrum+(IEEE+Spectrum)
#robotics #drones #swarmintelligence #swarmrobotics
#robotics #drones #swarmintelligence #swarmrobotics
Originally shared by Lacerant Plainer
The SMAVNET project aims at developing swarms of flying robots that can be deployed in disaster areas to rapidly create communication networks for rescuers. Flying robots are interesting for such applications because they are fast, can easily overcome difficult terrain, and benefit from line-of-sight communication.
To make aerial swarming a reality, robots and controllers need to be made as simple as possible.
Designing swarm controllers is typically challenging because no obvious relationship exists between the individual robot behaviors and the emergent behavior of the entire swarm. For this reason, we turn to biology for inspiration.
In a first approach, artificial evolution is used for its potential to automatically discover simple and unthought-of robot controllers. Good evolved controllers are then reverse-engineered so as to capture the simple and efficient solutions found through evolution in hand-designed controllers that are easy to understand and can be modeled. Resulting controllers can therefore be adapted to a variety of scenarios in a predictable manner. Furthermore, they can be extended to accommodate entirely new applications. Reverse-engineered controllers demonstrate a variety of behaviors such as exploration, synchronization, area coverage and communication relay.
Designing swarm controllers is typically challenging because no obvious relationship exists between the individual robot behaviors and the emergent behavior of the entire swarm. For this reason, we turn to biology for inspiration.
Full Article: http://lis.epfl.ch/smavs
Video link: Deployment of Large Aerial Swarms
#swarm #swarmintelligence #robots #science #sciencesunday #scienceeveryday #biology
Originally shared by Lacerant Plainer
The SMAVNET project aims at developing swarms of flying robots that can be deployed in disaster areas to rapidly create communication networks for rescuers. Flying robots are interesting for such applications because they are fast, can easily overcome difficult terrain, and benefit from line-of-sight communication.
To make aerial swarming a reality, robots and controllers need to be made as simple as possible.
Designing swarm controllers is typically challenging because no obvious relationship exists between the individual robot behaviors and the emergent behavior of the entire swarm. For this reason, we turn to biology for inspiration.
In a first approach, artificial evolution is used for its potential to automatically discover simple and unthought-of robot controllers. Good evolved controllers are then reverse-engineered so as to capture the simple and efficient solutions found through evolution in hand-designed controllers that are easy to understand and can be modeled. Resulting controllers can therefore be adapted to a variety of scenarios in a predictable manner. Furthermore, they can be extended to accommodate entirely new applications. Reverse-engineered controllers demonstrate a variety of behaviors such as exploration, synchronization, area coverage and communication relay.
Designing swarm controllers is typically challenging because no obvious relationship exists between the individual robot behaviors and the emergent behavior of the entire swarm. For this reason, we turn to biology for inspiration.
Full Article: http://lis.epfl.ch/smavs
Video link: Deployment of Large Aerial Swarms
#swarm #swarmintelligence #robots #science #sciencesunday #scienceeveryday #biology
Robot swarms, robot herds, robot flocks
Robot swarms, robot herds, robot flocks
I'm in the news again. =)
Have you ever seen a herd of robots? Or a shoal of robots? How about a robot flock? All of these collective nouns mean the same as ‘swarm,’ and swarm robotics is an entire field of research.
#robotics #swarmrobotics #biomimicry #swarm #robotsvsanimals #jessicameyer
http://robotsvsanimals.net/2015/03/05/robot-swarms-robot-herds-robot-flocks/
I'm in the news again. =)
Have you ever seen a herd of robots? Or a shoal of robots? How about a robot flock? All of these collective nouns mean the same as ‘swarm,’ and swarm robotics is an entire field of research.
#robotics #swarmrobotics #biomimicry #swarm #robotsvsanimals #jessicameyer
http://robotsvsanimals.net/2015/03/05/robot-swarms-robot-herds-robot-flocks/
My previous project ;)
My previous project ;)
#swarmrobotics #symbrion
Originally shared by Lacerant Plainer
Swarm robotics
Swarm robotics is a technological technique of using multiple simple robots to work as a team and follow instructions. This technology has been greatly inspired by the nature. There are many animals, insects and fishes which live in a swarm.
If you've ever seen a trail of ants streaming up a wall or over a counter, you'd be forgiven for thinking they were working in strict, militant harmony. Not so. A robotic test bed developed at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark shows that this apparent order can emerge in artificial bodies following just a few simple rules.
Symbrion (Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms) is a project funded by European Commissions to develop a framework in which a homogeneous swarm of miniature interdependent robots can co-assemble into a larger robotic organism to gain problem-solving momentum. One of the key-aspects of Symbrion is inspired by the biological world: an artificial genome that allows to store and evolve (sub)optimal configurations in order to achieve an increased speed of adaptation.
Dr Roderich Gross, head of the Natural Robotics Lab, in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering at the University of Sheffield, says swarming robots could have important roles to play in the future of micromedicine, as 'nanobots' are developed for non-invasive treatment of humans. On a larger scale, they could play a part in military, or search and rescue operations, acting together in areas where it would be too dangerous or impractical for humans to go. In industry too, robot swarms could be put to use, improving manufacturing processes and workplace safety.
Sources: Wikipedia. Symbrion.eu, Newscientist, Phys.org
Further reading: http://phys.org/news/2013-03-swarming-robots-servants-future-video.html
Alicebots on NewScientist: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2013/03/swarming-alice-bots.html
Reference : http://www.symbrion.eu/tiki-index.php
#science #scienceeveryday #robots #robotics #swarm #swarming #artificialintelligence
#swarmrobotics #symbrion
Originally shared by Lacerant Plainer
Swarm robotics
Swarm robotics is a technological technique of using multiple simple robots to work as a team and follow instructions. This technology has been greatly inspired by the nature. There are many animals, insects and fishes which live in a swarm.
If you've ever seen a trail of ants streaming up a wall or over a counter, you'd be forgiven for thinking they were working in strict, militant harmony. Not so. A robotic test bed developed at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark shows that this apparent order can emerge in artificial bodies following just a few simple rules.
Symbrion (Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms) is a project funded by European Commissions to develop a framework in which a homogeneous swarm of miniature interdependent robots can co-assemble into a larger robotic organism to gain problem-solving momentum. One of the key-aspects of Symbrion is inspired by the biological world: an artificial genome that allows to store and evolve (sub)optimal configurations in order to achieve an increased speed of adaptation.
Dr Roderich Gross, head of the Natural Robotics Lab, in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering at the University of Sheffield, says swarming robots could have important roles to play in the future of micromedicine, as 'nanobots' are developed for non-invasive treatment of humans. On a larger scale, they could play a part in military, or search and rescue operations, acting together in areas where it would be too dangerous or impractical for humans to go. In industry too, robot swarms could be put to use, improving manufacturing processes and workplace safety.
Sources: Wikipedia. Symbrion.eu, Newscientist, Phys.org
Further reading: http://phys.org/news/2013-03-swarming-robots-servants-future-video.html
Alicebots on NewScientist: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2013/03/swarming-alice-bots.html
Reference : http://www.symbrion.eu/tiki-index.php
#science #scienceeveryday #robots #robotics #swarm #swarming #artificialintelligence