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Informatik-Kolloquium Di, 12.10.2010, 18 Uhr

— abgelegt unter:

Prof. Marco Dorigo, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Was
  • Kolloquium
Wann 12.10.2010
von 18:00 bis 20:00
Wo CAS Center for Advanced Studies, 1. OG
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Das Kolloquium findet im CAS (Center for Advanced Studies) statt (Vortragraum 1. OG)

 

Prof. Dr. Marco Dorigo

Embodied Swarm Intelligence

Swarm intelligence is the discipline that deals with natural and artificial sys- tems composed of fotomarco.jpgmany individuals that coordinate using decentralized control and self-organization. In particular, it focuses on the collective behaviors that result from the local interactions of the individuals with each other and with their environment. The characterizing property of a swarm intelligence sys- tem is its ability to act in a coordinated way without the presence of a coordi- nator or of an external controller. Swarm robotics could be defined as the application of swarm intelligence princi- ples to the control of groups of robots. In this talk I will discuss results of Swarm-bots, an experiment in swarm robo- tics. A swarm-bot is an artifact composed of a swarm of assembled s-bots. The s-bots are mobile robots capable of connecting to, and disconnecting from, other s-bots. In the swarm-bot form, the s-bots are attached to each other and, when needed, become a single robotic system that can move and change its shape. S-bots have relatively simple sensors and motors and limited computational capa- bilities. A swarm-bot can solve problems that cannot be solved by s-bots alone. In the talk, I will shortly describe the s-bots hardware and the methodology we followed to develop algorithms for their control. Then I will focus on the capa- bilities of the swarm-bot robotic system by showing video recordings of some of the many experiments we performed to study coordinated movement, path formation, self-assembly, collective transport, shape formation, and other collective beha- viors. I will conclude presenting initial results of the Swarmanoid experiment, an ex- tension of swarm-bot to 3-dimensional environments.