Massive uniform manipulation: Controlling large populations of simple robots with a common input signal

A Becker, G Habibi, J Werfel… - 2013 IEEE/RSJ …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Roboticists, biologists, and chemists are now producing large populations of simple robots,
but controlling large populations of robots with limited capabilities is difficult, due to …

Reconfiguring massive particle swarms with limited, global control

A Becker, ED Demaine, SP Fekete, G Habibi… - Algorithms for Sensor …, 2014 - Springer
We investigate algorithmic control of a large swarm of mobile particles (such as robots,
sensors, or building material) that move in a 2D workspace using a global input signal such …

Controlling many differential-drive robots with uniform control inputs

A Becker, C Onyuksel, T Bretl… - … international journal of …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper derives both open-loop and closed-loop control policies that steer a finite set of
differential-drive robots to desired positions in a two-dimensional workspace, when all …

Steering a swarm of particles using global inputs and swarm statistics

S Shahrokhi, L Lin, C Ertel, M Wan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microrobotics has the potential to revolutionize many applications including targeted
material delivery, assembly, and surgery. The same properties that promise breakthrough …

Optimal control of stochastic coverage strategies for robotic swarms

K Elamvazhuthi, S Berman - 2015 ieee international conference …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses a trajectory planning and task allocation problem for a swarm of
resource-constrained robots that cannot localize or communicate with each other and that …

[图书][B] Microbiorobotics: biologically inspired microscale robotic systems

MJ Kim, E Steager, AA Julius - 2012 - books.google.com
Microbiorobotics is a new engineering discipline that inherently involves a multidisciplinary
approach (mechanical engineering, cellular biology, mathematical modeling, control …

Feedback control of many magnetized: Tetrahymena pyriformis cells by exploiting phase inhomogeneity

A Becker, Y Ou, P Kim, MJ Kim… - 2013 IEEE/RSJ …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Biological robots can be produced in large numbers, but are often controlled by uniform
inputs. This makes position control of multiple robots inherently challenging. This paper uses …

Particle computation: complexity, algorithms, and logic

AT Becker, ED Demaine, SP Fekete, J Lonsford… - Natural Computing, 2019 - Springer
We investigate algorithmic control of a large swarm of mobile particles (such as robots,
sensors, or building material) that move in a 2D workspace using a global input signal (such …

Simultaneously powering and controlling many actuators with a clinical MRI scanner

A Becker, O Felfoul, PE Dupont - 2014 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Actuators that are powered, imaged, and controlled by Magnetic Resonance (MR) scanners
offer the potential of inexpensively providing wireless control of MR-guided robots. Similar to …

Broadcast control mechanism for positional consensus in multiagent systems

K Das, D Ghose - IEEE Transactions on Control Systems …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a strategy for controlling a group of agents to achieve positional consensus is
presented. The problem is constrained by the requirement that every agent must be given …