An Overview of Physicomimetics

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of our framework, called physicomimetics, for the distributed control of swarms of robots. We focus on robotic behaviors that are similar to those shown by solids, liquids, and gases. Solid formations are useful for distributed sensing tasks, while liquids are for obstacle avoidance tasks. Gases are handy for coverage tasks, such as surveillance and sweeping. Theoretical analyses are provided that allow us to reliably control these behaviors. Finally, our implementation on seven robots is summarized.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA478575

Entities

People

  • Diana F. Spears
  • Rodney Heil
  • Suranga Hettiarachchi
  • Wesley Kerr
  • William M. Spears

Organizations

  • University of Wyoming

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Computer Science
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Equations
  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Fault Tolerance
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Micro Air Vehicles
  • Phase Transformations
  • Physics
  • Robotic Swarms
  • Self Organizing Systems
  • Simulations
  • Surveillance
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control