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Swarm robotic network using Lévy flight in target detection problem

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One approach in swarm robotics is homogeneous system which is embedded with sensing, computing, mobile and communication components. In this study, a target detection problem, which is one of navigation problems, was employed. Once a robot detects a target, robots immediately communicate with a base station via intermediate relay robots due to the multi-hop transmission of wireless communication. Therefore, this control task is completed with connectivity of the network. In a target detection problem, we must improve the performance of exploration as well as connectivity of the network. This study investigates the performances of the two types of random walk algorithm in navigation while loosely ensuring connectivity of the robotic network based on our previous study.

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Notes

  1. Şahin [3] claimed that these criteria should be used as a measure of the degree of SR in a particular study.

  2. We assume that the doors of the rooms are closed during the experiment.

  3. In the reminder of this paper, the robot’s detecting a target is considered to be synonymous with that the base station receives the message from the robot.

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    Yoshiaki Katada, Akihiro Nishiguchi, Kazuya Moriwaki & Ryosuke Watakabe

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This work was presented in part at the 1st International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics, Kyoto, Japan, October 28–30, 2015.

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Katada, Y., Nishiguchi, A., Moriwaki, K. et al. Swarm robotic network using Lévy flight in target detection problem. Artif Life Robotics 21, 295–301 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-016-0298-1

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