The I-SWARM project: intelligent small world autonomous robots for micro-manipulation

Authors:
Jörg Seyfried;Marc Szymanski;Natalie Bender;Ramon Estaña;Michael Thiel;Heinz Wörn
Affiliations:
Institute for Process Control and Robotics (IPR), Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany;Institute for Process Control and Robotics (IPR), Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany;Institute for Process Control and Robotics (IPR), Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany;Institute for Process Control and Robotics (IPR), Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany;Institute for Process Control and Robotics (IPR), Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany;Institute for Process Control and Robotics (IPR), Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Venue:
SAB'04 Proceedings of the 2004 international conference on Swarm Robotics
Year:
2004

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Abstract

This paper presents the visions and initial results of the I-SWARM project funded by the European Commission. The goal of the project is to build the first very large-scale artificial swarm (VLSAS) with a swarm size of up to 1,000 micro-robots with a planned size of 2×2×1 mm3. First, the motivation for such a swarm is described and then first considerations and issues arising from the robots' size resembling “artificial ants” and the MST approach taken to realize that size are given. The paper will conclude with a list of possible scenarios inspired by biology for such a robot swarm.