The I-SWARM Project: Intelligent Small World Autonomous Robots for Micro-manipulation

This paper presents the visions and initial results of the I-SWARM project funded by the European Commission. The goal of the project is to build the first very large-scale artificial swarm (VLSAS) with a swarm size of up to 1,000 micro-robots with a planned size of 2×2×1 mm3. First, the motivation...

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Published inLecture notes in computer science pp. 70 - 83
Main Authors Seyfried, Jörg, Szymanski, Marc, Bender, Natalie, Estaña, Ramon, Thiel, Michael, Wörn, Heinz
Format Book Chapter Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Springer
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Applied sciences
Computer science; control theory; systems
Control theory. Systems
Exact sciences and technology
Honeybee Queen
Microbial Fuel Cell
Robot Swarm
Robotics
Swarm Intelligence
Swarm Robotic
Autonomous system
Multiagent system
Arthropoda
Insecta
Intelligent robot
Biology
Hymenoptera
Invertebrata
Social insect
Formicoidea
Robotics
Aculeata
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Summary:This paper presents the visions and initial results of the I-SWARM project funded by the European Commission. The goal of the project is to build the first very large-scale artificial swarm (VLSAS) with a swarm size of up to 1,000 micro-robots with a planned size of 2×2×1 mm3. First, the motivation for such a swarm is described and then first considerations and issues arising from the robots’ size resembling “artificial ants” and the MST approach taken to realize that size are given. The paper will conclude with a list of possible scenarios inspired by biology for such a robot swarm.
ISBN:3540242961
9783540242963
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-540-30552-1_7