Linbots: Soft modular robots utilizing voice coils

RM McKenzie, ME Sayed, MP Nemitz, BW Flynn… - Soft robotics, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Robots performing automated tasks in uncontrolled environments need to adapt to
environmental changes. Through building large collectives of robots, this robust and …

Repellent pheromones for effective swarm robot search in unknown environments

F Fossum, JM Montanier… - 2014 IEEE Symposium on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In time-critical situations such as rescue missions, effective exploration is essential.
Exploration of such unknown environments may be achieved through the dispersion of a …

Development of a social reinforcement learning based aggregation method with a mobile robot swarm

E Gür - 2022 - open.metu.edu.tr
In this thesis, the development of a social, reinforcement learning-based aggregation
method is covered together with the development of a mobile robot swarm of Kobot-Tracked …

Adaptive self-assembly in swarm robotics through environmental bias

JM Montanier, PC Haddow - 2014 IEEE International …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A swarm of robots may face challenges in unknown environments where self-assembly is a
necessity eg crossing difficult areas. When exploring such environments, the self-assembly …

Use of Repellent Pheromones In Collective Exploration

F Fossum - 2014 - ntnuopen.ntnu.no
This report explores the possibilities of using repellent pheromones in order to achieve
efficient dispersion of a swarm of robots. The goal is to have a set of autonomous robots …

[PDF][PDF] Self-assembly Mechanisms for Evolutionary Robotics

CJ Tannum, E Jakobsen - 2016 - ntnuopen.ntnu.no
In recent study, an increasing amount of time has been spent researching complex systems
due to the traditional Von Neumann architecture lacking sufficient efficiency. A specific …

Towards an autonomous rescue protocol for the Marsu fleet.

D Fernandez Lopéz - 2015 - aaltodoc.aalto.fi
Energy autonomy is one of the main challenges in robot exploration. The Marsu fleet, a
marsupial robot society, is composed of two kinds of robots, the Marsu-bots (explorers) and …

[PDF][PDF] Towards an autonomous rescue protocol for the Marsu fleet.

DF López - 2015 - core.ac.uk
Energy autonomy is one of the main challenges in robot exploration. The Marsu fleet, a
marsupial robot society, is composed of two kinds of robots, the Marsu-bots (explorers) and …

Design, Testing and Validation of the ChIRP Robot Platform

CB Skjetne - 2015 - ntnuopen.ntnu.no
In this thesis we will explain the design process of the ChIRP robot platform. We will also test
and validate the platform as a tool in cooperative AI research. The testing and validation will …

Towards an Autonomous Rescue Protocol for the Marsu Fleet: Design and Analysis of an Autonomous Rescuer Selection Method

D Fernàndez López - 2015 - diva-portal.org
Energy autonomy is one of the main challenges in robot exploration. The Marsu fleet, a
marsupial robot society, is composed of two kinds of robots, the Marsu-bots (explorers) and …