On foraging strategies for large-scale multi-robot systems Conference Paper

abstract

• Physical interference limits the utility of large-scale multi-robot systems. We present an empirical study of the effects of such interference in systems with hundreds of minimalist robots. We consider the canonical multi-robot foraging task, and define a new parametrized controller. This controller allows for evaluation of spatial arbitration strategies along a continuum with the traditional homogeneous and bucket-brigading algorithms at each end. We present data from thousands of simulations which suggests that methods surprisingly close to homogeneous foraging, but augmented with limited arbitration, can improve both performance and reliability. 2006 IEEE.

name of conference

• 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

authors

• Shell, Dylan

published proceedings

• 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

author list (cited authors)

• Shell, D. A., & Matari, M. J.

citation count

• 44

complete list of authors

• Shell, Dylan A||Matarić, Maja J

publication date

• October 2006

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/iros.2006.281996

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 142440259X

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781424402595

start page

• 2717

end page

• 2723

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iros.2006.281996