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 in | Lecture notes in computer science pp. 70 - 83 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Book Chapter Conference Proceeding |
Language | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2005
Springer |
Series | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
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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. |
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ISBN: | 3540242961 9783540242963 |
ISSN: | 0302-9743 1611-3349 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-540-30552-1_7 |