Title :
Application of swarm intelligence to the mine detection problem
Author :
Chapman, Eric ; Sahin, Ferat
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Rochester Inst. of Technol., NY, USA
Abstract :
This paper highlights the important points of swarm intelligence, more specifically the ant algorithm, and illustrate how it can be applied to a real time mine detection problem. The algorithm would be applied using GroundScouts, a modular micro robot that was designed for cooperative robotics applications. An adaptive time division multiple access (ATDMA) communication schemes are also presented that changes the behavior of the network according to the number of robots on the network. This maximizes the efficiency of the communication between the robots. The results show that the real time implementation of the algorithm is successful.
Keywords :
cooperative systems; landmine detection; microrobots; mobile robots; optimisation; time division multiple access; GroundScouts; adaptive time division multiple access communication; ant algorithm; cooperative robotics; microrobot; real time mine detection; swarm intelligence; Algorithm design and analysis; Ant colony optimization; Insects; Organisms; Particle swarm optimization; Recruitment; Robots; Space exploration; Space technology; Time division multiple access;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2004 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8566-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2004.1401057