TY - GEN
T1 - Automatic scalable size selection for the shape of a distributed robotic collective
AU - Rubenstein, Michael
AU - Shen, Wei Min
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - A collective of robots can together complete a task that is beyond the capabilities of any of its individual robots. One property of a robotic collective that allows it to complete such a task is the shape of the collective. One method to form that shape is to form it at a size proportional to the number of robots in that collective, i.e. scalably. In our previous work, scalably forming the shape of the collective required that each robot know the total number of robots in the collective. In this work we present a method called S-DASH, which now allows a collective to scalably form a shape without knowing how many robots are in the collective. Furthermore, S-DASH will change the size of the shape to reflect the addition or removal of robots from the collective. This paper also provides demonstrations of SDASH running on a simulated collective of robots.
AB - A collective of robots can together complete a task that is beyond the capabilities of any of its individual robots. One property of a robotic collective that allows it to complete such a task is the shape of the collective. One method to form that shape is to form it at a size proportional to the number of robots in that collective, i.e. scalably. In our previous work, scalably forming the shape of the collective required that each robot know the total number of robots in the collective. In this work we present a method called S-DASH, which now allows a collective to scalably form a shape without knowing how many robots are in the collective. Furthermore, S-DASH will change the size of the shape to reflect the addition or removal of robots from the collective. This paper also provides demonstrations of SDASH running on a simulated collective of robots.
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U2 - 10.1109/IROS.2010.5650906
DO - 10.1109/IROS.2010.5650906
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78651482543
SN - 9781424466757
T3 - IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings
SP - 508
EP - 513
BT - IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings
T2 - 23rd IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010
Y2 - 18 October 2010 through 22 October 2010
ER -