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Space-Time Continuous Models of Swarm Robotic Systems

Part of the Cognitive Systems Monographs Book Series (volume 9)

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13377-0

ISBN: 978-3-642-13376-3

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg - Springer Journals

Jan 1, 2010

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Chapter 1Introduction and Purpose

Hamann, Heiko

Pages: 1 –3

[The context of this work is the young field of swarm robotics. A preeminent characteristic of swarm robotics is its inter-disciplinarity. Diverse disciplines such as philosophy or engineering are relevant. Classical robotics is already an interdisciplinary field uniting mechanical engineering,...
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Chapter 2Fundamentals of Swarm Robotics - An Interdisciplinary Approach

Hamann, Heiko

Pages: 5 –26

[In the following we give definitions for concepts that are fundamental in swarm robotics. These concepts will be used throughout this work.]
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Chapter 3State-of-the-Art in Modeling and Design of Swarms

Hamann, Heiko

Pages: 27 –39

[In the first two parts of this chapter, a variety of models originating in different fields is presented. All these models might potentially be applied to swarms of robots although they were originally developed to describe systems or swarms of molecules, insects, mammals, people, or only small...
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Chapter 4A Framework of Models for Swarm Robotic Systems

Hamann, Heiko

Pages: 41 –76

[In this chapter the two basic equations of the model are introduced and the model framework itself is motivated and presented. Parts of this chapter have been previously published in Hamann and Wörn (2008b) and Hamann and Wörn (2007b). In Section 4.7 on page 68 the limitations and possible...
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Chapter 5Validation by Results of Experiments and Simulations

Hamann, Heiko

Pages: 77 –122

[Several case studies were carried out to approve the utility and to validate the accurateness of the proposed model. One of these studies is based on experiments with real robots the other studies were performed using simulators. Each of the following examples is a little research project of its...
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Chapter 6Conclusion and Outlook

Hamann, Heiko

Pages: 123 –125

[In this work, we have presented a space- and time-continuous, generic model framework of communicating robot swarms. This model is distinguished by its strong connection between the micro- and the macro-level and the variety of potential applications. The model was, in a validation step,...

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