Autonomous robots are expected to perform a wide range of sophisticated tasks in complex,
unknown environments. However, available onboard computing capabilities and algorithms …

This paper presents an updated and broad review of swarm robotics research papers
regarding software, hardware, simulators and applications. The evolution from its concept to …

To effectively perform collective monitoring of dynamic environments, a robot swarm needs
to adapt to changes by processing the latest information and discarding outdated beliefs. We …

We present a survey on the application of fluid approximations, in the form of mean-field
models, to the design of control strategies in swarm robotics. Mean-field models that consist …

Working with large swarms of robots has challenges in calibration, sensing, tracking, and
control due to the associated scalability and time requirements. Kilobots solve this through …

Collective decision making is the ability of individuals to jointly make a decision without any
centralized leadership, but only relying on local interactions. A special case is represented …

Strongly opinionated minorities can have a dramatic impact on the opinion dynamics of a
large population. Two factions of inflexible minorities, polarised into two competing opinions …

Self-organization can be broadly defined as the ability of a system to display ordered
spatiotemporal patterns solely as the result of the interactions among the system …

Magnitude-sensitivity refers to the result that performance in decision-making, across
domains and organisms, is affected by the total value of the possible alternatives. This …

In many monitoring and mapping applications, high-resolution data are required only in
certain areas while others can receive lower attention. To this end, unmanned aerial …