@inproceedings{9c16a1f4f3b94b6d87bb3fc68e839b3b,
title = "Using Hardware Specialization and Hierarchy to Simplify Robotic Swarms",
abstract = "Specialization has always been a tool for work distribution and simplification in nature and in distributed robotics. We present a novel approach to use hardware specialization hierarchically to enhance the capabilities of a swarm without increasing complexity, allowing a numerous group of robots to benefit from the extended features of a few to complete a task that was impossible for them before. We tested the concept under a simulated environment with a classical distributed robotics problem, shape formation, and validated the simulated results against a real experiment.",
author = "German Espinosa and Michael Rubenstein",
year = "2018",
month = sep,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1109/ICRA.2018.8463206",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "7667--7673",
booktitle = "2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2018",
address = "United States",
note = "2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2018 ; Conference date: 21-05-2018 Through 25-05-2018",
}