A Tuple Space for Data Sharing in Robot Swarms

In this paper, we present a system to allow a swarm of robots to agree on a set of (key,value) pairs. This system enables a form of information sharing that has the potential to be an asset for coordination in complex environments, such as globally optimized task allocation. Taking inspiration from...

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Published inEAI endorsed transactions on collaborative computing Vol. 2; no. 9; pp. 287 - 8
Main Authors Pinciroli, Carlo, Lee-Brown, Adam, Beltrame, Giovanni
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ghent European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) 01.12.2016
Subjects
collective robotics
Coordination compounds
Data retrieval
information sharing
Insects
Robots
stigmergy
swarm robotics
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ISSN2312-8623
DOI10.4108/eai.3-12-2015.2262503

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Summary:In this paper, we present a system to allow a swarm of robots to agree on a set of (key,value) pairs. This system enables a form of information sharing that has the potential to be an asset for coordination in complex environments, such as globally optimized task allocation. Taking inspiration from the environment-mediated communication of social insects, we call the system virtual stigmergy. Experimental evaluation indicates that virtual stigmergy can work in a wide variety of running conditions including heavy packet loss, and can cope with random motion trajectories.
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ISSN:2312-8623
DOI:10.4108/eai.3-12-2015.2262503