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Our Project's Background
The main idea of implementing swarm technology is adapted from nature by watching the swarm technique in various insects and mammals. They have natural abilities to operate in groups in order to smoothen and ease-out their desired task. For our system to be replicated as swarm technology, it needs to be dynamic and self-healing. Developing a system with the help of a micro-controller and various sensors attached to it will add to complete a specific task that is commanded by a master bot and followed by its slave robots. The key to this technology is that it should respond and adjust to various situations automatically either on its own or in correspondence with slave robots. Our team here is trying to implement the basic task of handling an object with a self-decisive swarm technique
related work
Swarm technology is one of the latest concepts that is introduced in the global market.
Kilobot project is one such project developed the engineering department of Harvard University.
goal of this project
The main idea behind this project was achieved from the various projects already completed. Our team aimed at making the slave robot follow it’s master. The slave bot will take inputs from the ultrasonic sensor to follow the master, which can either be a human or a master bot.
About SWARM Technology
Swarm intelligence is an emergent research area which is applied to multi-robot systems; which studies how to coordinate large groups of relatively simple robots through the use of local rules. The concept is majorly based on studying a large amount of relatively simple robots, their physical bodies and their controlling behaviors. The main idea of implementing swarm technology is adapted from nature by watching the swarm technique in various insects and mammals. They have natural abilities to operate in groups in order to smoothen and ease-out their desired task. For our system to be replicated as swarm technology, it needs to be dynamic and self-healing. Developing a system with the help of a micro-controller and various sensors attached to it will add to complete a specific task that is commanded by a master bot and followed by its slave robots. The key to this technology is that it should respond and adjust to various situations automatically either on its own or in correspondence with slave robots. Our team here is trying to implement the basic task of handling an object with a self-decisive swarm technique.
Conclusion
Future Work
Swarm robotics one new research topic that takes its inspiration from swarm intelligence and robotics, where multiple robots communicate with each other and work in a synchronized manner to achieve the desired task. Although a number of researches have been proposed, it’s still quite far for practical application. In the present project, a simple task has been demonstrated where a slave robot follows its master, either a human or a master bot, using an ultrasonic sensor to detect the master’s presence. If given more time, camera modules can be used to detect a master bot, using RF transmission the master bot can transmit signals to the slave bot, if it needs the slave bot to achieve the desired task.
Using the Keil uVision software for interfacing the micro-controller was the first thing that was new. Interfacing of DC Motors using PWM on TIVA, Ultrasonic Sensor, Servo motor, Accelerometer using Energia. Driving both the DC motors with L293D motor driver IC. Most importantly, interfacing all these together and making it work as a single program on TIVA TM4C123GH6PM micro-controller.