2011/11/03 by Serge Kernbach, Kernbach, Serge
Computer Science · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Micro and Nano Robotics #Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence #Robotics (cs.RO) #cs.RO
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1111.0873
arxiv created 2011/11/03 · openalex publication_date 2011/11/03 · arxiv updated 2011/11/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Cooperation and competition among stand-alone swarm agents increase collective fitness of the whole system. A principally new kind of collective systems is demonstrated by some bacteria and fungi, when they build symbiotic organisms. Symbiotic life forms emerge new functional and self-developmental capabilities, which allow better survival of swarm agents in different environments. In this paper we consider energy foraging scenario for two robotic species, swarm robots and symbiotic robot organism. It is indicated that aggregation of microrobots into a robot organism can provide better functional fitness for the whole group. A prototype of microrobots capable of autonomous aggregation and disaggregation are shown.