SWARM ROBOTICS

A
Seminar Report
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
in
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

By
MANISH
(BT-CS)
(University Roll no. 1309510029)

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

MGMs College of Engineering & Technology, Noida

April, 2017

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my deep and sincere gratitude to my guide,

Assistant Prof Mohd. ASIM, for his unflagging support and continuous
encouragement throughout the seminar work. Without his guidance and
persistent help this report would not have been possible.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Assistant Prof. Mohd. ASIM
for providing us with a highly conductive studying and working
environment for this seminar.

MANISH

BT-CS

1309510029

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 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the seminar entitled SWARM

ROBOTICS by MANISH of B. Tech (Computer Science &
Engineering), Roll No.1309510029 has been carried out
under my guidance and may be accepted for being
evaluated.

Date:
Signature: Mohd. ASIM

Assistant Professor

Computer
Science & Engineering Deptt.

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 ABSTRACT

Swarm robotics is currently one of the most important application areas for
swarm intelligence. Swarms provide the possibility of enhanced task performance, high
reliability(fault tolerance), low unit complexity and decreased cost over traditional
robotic systems. They can accomplish some tasks that would be impossible for a single
robot to achieve. Swarm robots can be applied to many fields, such as flexible
manufacturing systems, space crafts, inspection/maintenance, construction, agriculture
and medicine work.

Swarm-bots are a collection of mobile robots able to self assemble and to self
organise in order to solve problems that cannot be solved by a single robot. These robots
combine the power of swarm intelligence with the flexibility of self reconfiguration as
aggregate swarm-bots can dynamically change their structure to match environmental
variations.

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Fig No. Description Page No.

1.1Main Characteristics1
2.1 Biological Basis and Artificial Life .........................3
3.1 Swarm Intelligence.......4
3.2 Particle swarm Optimization..........5
4.1Ant colony optimization..........6
4.2 Flocking Algorithm.................... ......7
5.1 Modular Robots....8
5.2 Chain Robots.....8
5.3 Asteroids Eaters...11
5.4 Madmen swarms..11
5.5 Nubot..11
5.6 Water skaters......11
6.1 Journey into small spaces.......14
6.2 Covert uses possible...15
6.3 Terminators and Transformers...15
6.4 A glance at the other applications..17
6.5 Recent developements in SI applications..20

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
No

Acknowledgement.
...i

Certificate..
...ii

Abstract
..iii

List of
Figures
....iv

1 .CHAPTER-1(INTRODUCTION).
...1
1.1 Main Characteristics....
.1

2. CHAPTER-2(EVOLUTION OF SWARMS).
..2

2.1 Biological Basis....

..2
2.2. Artificial Life......
...2

3. CHAPTER-3(WORKING OF SWARM)......
......3

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 3.1 Swarm intelligence....
..3
3.2 Software from Insects.....
.5
3.3 PSO.....
5

4. CHAPTER-4(SWARM ROBOTICS ALGORITHM).

6

4.1 Ant colony optimization...

....6
4.2 Flocking Algorithm.....
..7

5 . CHAPTER-5(TYPES OF SWARMS)..
8

5.1 Modular Robots....

...8
5.2 Chain Robots.....
....8
5.3 Asteroid Eaters.....
.11
5.4 Madmen Swarm....
.11
5.5 Nubot.....
11
5.6 Water Skaters.....
.....11

6. CHAPTER-6(APPLICATIONS).
.14

6.1 Journey into small spaces ...

..14
6.2 Covert uses possible.....
..15
6.3Terminators,Transformers....
....15
6.4 Other applications..
.15
6.5 Developements in SI applications....
.15

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Conclusion
..21

References.
...22

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