SWARM ROBOTICS: A NATURE INSPIRED MULTIROBOTICS SYSTEM

Abstract

Swarm robotics is a field of multi-robotics in which large number of robots are coordinated in a distributed and decentralized way. Swarm robotics is to study the design of large amount of relatively simple robots, their physical body and their controlling behaviors. The individuals in the swarm are normally simple, small and low cost so as to take the advantage of a large population. A key component of the system is the communication between the agents in the group which is normally local, and guarantees the system to be scalable and robust. A plain set of rules at individual level can produce a large set of complex behaviors at the swarm level.