Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a system to monitor the ability of swarms from
Large robots can control jointmovements, sensing the environment and sending this data to each other wirelessly. Tiny devices don't have the capacity to carry multiple sensors, communications, and power supplies. In their work, engineers used the physical interaction between robots for joint control.
Microbots are too small to interpretdata and make decisions, but by using collisions between them and how they respond to the frequency and amplitude of global vibrations, we can influence how individual robots move and the collective behavior of hundreds and thousands of these tiny devices.
Zhijian Hao, study co-author
This is the behavior or characteristics of mobilitydetermine the linearity of the movement of microbots and the randomness of their rotation. Using vibration, the researchers were able to control these mobility characteristics and perform phase separation.
Microrobot control. Video: Georgia Institute of Technology
Researchers have developed computational models anda real-time tracking system for a swarm of 300 robots using computer vision. This made it possible to analyze the behavior of the microrobots and the movement data that determine the characteristics of the swarm. Based on the collected data, the engineers developed a system that can manipulate vibration levels to make the microbots form clusters or disperse.
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