Scalable Swarm Robotics (25c3)

Formica: a cheap, open research platform

An episode of the Chaos Computer Club - 25C3: nothing to hide (ogg) podcast, hosted by Jeff Gough, titled "Scalable Swarm Robotics (25c3)" was published on December 28, 2008 and runs 39 minutes.

December 28, 2008 ·39m · Chaos Computer Club - 25C3: nothing to hide (ogg)

Summary

The topic of swarm robotics will be introduced, including the current state of the art and some current research platforms. The problems of scalability in robot swarms will be discussed, particularly of programming and maintaining a large group of robots. The Formica platform represents a novel, very low cost approach to swarm robotics. Its design and implementation will be described, and the lecture will culminate in a live demonstration of a swarm of 25 robots cooperating on a task. about this event: http://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/Fahrplan/events/2890.en.html

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