Title :
Artificial physics for mobile robot formations
Author :
Spears, William M. ; Heil, Rodney ; Zarzhitsky, Dimitri
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wyoming Univ., Laramie, WY, USA
Abstract :
In prior work we established how artificial physics can be used to self-organize swarms of mobile robots into hexagonal formations. In this paper we extend the framework to moving formations, by providing additional theoretical analysis that facilitates the implementation of seven robots in a hexagonal format ion moving towards a goal.
Keywords :
artificial life; mobile robots; artificial physics; hexagonal format ion movement; mobile robot formations; Aggregates; Chemical hazards; Computational fluid dynamics; Computer science; Force control; Lattices; Mobile robots; Physics; Robot sensing systems; Sensor systems; artificial physics; moving formations; self-organization;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2005 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9298-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2005.1571489
