Honeybee robots replicate #swarm behavior: aid in finding tech solutions to common #complex #tasks. A low-cost, autonomous micro-robot which in large numbers can replicate the behavior of swarming honeybees has been created. #Colias - named after a genus of butterfly - is an open-platform system that can be used to investigate collective behaviours and be applied to swarm applications. >> Its small size (4cm diameter) and fast motion (35cm/s) means it can be used in fast-paced swarm scenarios over large areas. >>#Long-range #IR proximity #sensors allow the robot to #communicate with direct neighbours 0.5cm to 2m away. A combination of 3 #short-range sensors and an independent processor enables the individual robots to #detect #obstacles. ~A similar but more complex mechanism has been found in #locust #vision, where neuron lobula giant movement detector reacts to objects approaching the insects eyes. “ The platform must be able to imitate swarm behaviours found in nature, such as insects, birds and fish. Colias has been designed as a complete platform with supporting software development tools for robotics education and research. This concept allows for the coordination of simple physical robots in order to cooperatively perform tasks. The decentralised control of robotic swarms can be achieved by providing well-defined interaction rules for each individual robot. Colias has been used in a bio-inspired scenario, showing that it is extremely responsive to being used to investigate collective behaviours. Our aim was to imitate the bio-inspired mechanisms of swarm robots and to enable all research groups, even with limited funding, to perform such research with real robots. ” . alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=145475&CultureCode=en
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:52:14 +0000
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