Bristlebots in swarm robotics - new approaches in modeling and agent development
Date
2016Bibliographic entry
Bristlebots in swarm robotics - new approaches in modeling and agent development / F. Becker [et al.] // Вибрационные технологии, мехатроника и управляемые машины : сборник научных статей по материалам XII Международной научно-технической конференции (Курск, 18-20 мая 2016 г.) : в 2 ч. – Курск, 2016. – Ч. 2. – С. 75-84.
Abstract
Bristlebots are vibration-driven mobile robots. They are characterized by small size, high speed, simple design and low costs of production and application, which are ad- vantageous qualities for agents of swarm robotic systems. In this paper, new ap- proaches in modeling and development of swarm agents are given. It is shown that a simple mass point model can be used to simulate the motion behavior of a bristlebot as complex as necessary for swarm studies. A robot prototype is presented, which has on-board everything needed as a robotic agent. The results of simulations and exper-iments are presented and compared.