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Programmable self-assembly in a thousand-robot swarm
Abstract
Large-scale robotic self-assembly: When individuals swarm, they must somehow communicate to direct collective motion. Swarms of robots need to deal with outliers, such as robots that move more slowly than the rest. Rubenstein et al. created a large swarm of programmed robots that can form collaborations using only local information. The robots could communicate only with nearby members, within about three times their diameter. They were able to assemble into complex preprogrammed shapes. If the robots' formation hit snags when they bumped into one another or because of an outlier, additional algorithms guided them to rectify their collective movements. Science , this issue p. 795
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rubenstein, M., Cornejo, A., & Nagpal, R.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Rubenstein, Michael
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2014-08-15
- Volume
- 345
- Issue
- 6198
- Pages
- 795-799
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2030775133
- Semantic Scholar
- c5ab840850ab57f2f14b67a5485fa3fd727b33b8
- Cited by
- 1,308
- References
- 22
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- FWCI
- 98.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Condensed Matter Physics › Micro and Nano Robotics
- Keywords
- programmable self-assembly, swarm robotics, shape formation, decentralized systems, autonomous robots, local interactions, artificial swarms, two-dimensional shapes
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