CSP - Swarm robotics: Pushing the state of the art
Abstract
Swarm intelligence is the discipline that deals with natural and arti?cial systems composed ofmany individuals that coordinate using decentralized control and self-organization. In particular, thediscipline focuses on the collective behaviors that result from the local interactions of the individualswith each other and with their environment. In this workshop we focus on swarm robotics, a form ofarti?cial swarm intelligence where the individual agents forming the swarm are autonomous robots.Presentations at the workshop will discuss recent research particularly relevant for swarm robotics: (i)studies of organization principles observed in natural collective systems; (ii) the development of toolsfor the study of such systems that can be used for the analysis and design of robot swarms; (iii) thedevelopment of design methodologies for going from the speci?cations of the desired characteristicsand capabilities of the robot swarm to its physical realization; and (iv) the most promising directionsfor future real-world applications of robot swarms, which will conclude the workshop.The proposed workshop covers subjects that are aligned with several topics across ONR scienceand technology departments. First and foremost, the strong inspiration that swarm robotics takesfrom biological swarms suggest ?rm ties with the Bio-Inspired Autonomous Systems Program (di-vision 341). The workshop aims precisely to reinforce the bridges between biological sciences andengineering practices to obtain more powerful, adaptive and resilient arti?cial systems. The workshopwill o -er insights on how to design intelligent agents able to work in complex, dynamic and possiblyadverse environments, hence linking to the Machine Learning, Reasoning and Intelligence Program(division 311), here especially to the Intelligence for Autonomous Agents topic. Similarly, our work-shop should contribute to ONR s Science of Autonomy Program (division 351) in view of the coveredtopics of unmanned autonomous systems, arti?cal intelligence, control theory and biology/animalbehavior/cognition.The technical and scienti?c objectives of the workshop are to foster new and stronger collabo-rations between scientists working on the scienti?c aspects of swarm intelligence and engineers andcomputer scientists focusing on the design and realization of robot swarms; and to try and de?newhat is the current state of the art by de?ning a set of open problems that the community considersto be the grand challenges for the swarm robotics research ?eld.Speakers at the workshop will be instructed to dedicate the ?nal of their presentation to theirvision for the future of swarm robotics. This will be of paramount importance for the conclusivepart of the workshop, where we have forecast time for a ?nal discussion which we will use to drawthe workshop conclusions. These conclusions will take the form of a white paper that the workshoporganisers, together with the science journalist who will participate in the workshop, intend to writedrawing of the workshop results.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Sep 04, 2018
- Source ID
- N629091812156
Entities
People
- Vito Trianni
Organizations
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy