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The research on distributed control of self-assembly in swarm robots

  • Min Xu
  • , Hongxing Wei*
  • , Yingpeng Cai
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Based on the Sambot platform, the authors presented a distributed control method for the self-assembly in swarm robots, and with the method, implemented the experiment on the self-assembly for the quadruped configuration consisting of 5 Sambots. When using the control method, the autonomous docking of each robot with the seed robot just depends on the local perception and the communication ability of the infrared sensors, and the robots' behaviors of wandering, navigation and autonomous docking. The experimental results show that the control method for self-assembly can be used to realize the autonomous construction of robotic structures consisting of multiple Sambot.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1178-1183
Number of pages6
JournalGaojishu Tongxin/Chinese High Technology Letters
Volume20
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2010

Keywords

  • Autonomous docking
  • Behavior-based control
  • Distributed control
  • Self-assembly
  • Swarm robot

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