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Robot swarm coordination simplified by use of overhead drones | i-programmer.info


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29 October 2012



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“Swarms of robots don’t all have to be of the same type and one of the best known attempts to build a heterogeneous swarm was the swarmanoid project. Originally the swarmanoid consisted of three types of robot – eyebots, footbots and handbots. Now we have to add a flying drone to provide an aerial overview to the swarm.”

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