You are my eyes!
Nature offers countless examples of how individual abilities can be amplified through collaboration. Birds flock together to conse rve energy during migration, and fish school in large groups to evade predators—these collective behaviors inspire our work in creating autonomous UAV swarms capable of tackling complex real-world problems . By studying and replicating the principles of collective motion and emergent sensing, we explore how simple local interactions among age nts can lead to sophisticated group dynamics that exceed the capabili ties of any single robot. Our research includes a range of methods an d experiments, from kinematic and dynamic simulations to real-world U AV trials, demonstrating how these swarms can navigate, interact, and collaborate to achieve tasks that would be impossible individually. Throughout this work, we introduce and refine methods for emergent se nsing within flocking autonomous robots, systematically establishing the technological steps needed for their implementation. By investiga ting the nature of this behavior from multiple perspectives, we lay a robust foundation for advancing swarm robotics.
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DESCRIPTION: You are my eyes! Nature offers countless examples of how individual abilities can be amplified through collaboration. Birds fl ock together to conserve energy during migration, and fish school in large groups to evade predators—these collective behaviors inspire our work in creating autonomous UAV swarms capable of tackling comple x real-world problems. By studying and replicating the principles of collective motion and emergent sensing, we explore how simple local i nteractions among agents can lead to sophisticated group dynamics tha t exceed the capabilities of any single robot. Our research includes a range of methods and experiments, from kinematic and dynamic simula tions to real-world UAV trials, demonstrating how these swarms can na vigate, interact, and collaborate to achieve tasks that would be impo ssible individually. Throughout this work, we introduce and refine me thods for emergent sensing within flocking autonomous robots, systema tically establishing the technological steps needed for their impleme ntation. By investigating the nature of this behavior from multiple p erspectives, we lay a robust foundation for advancing swarm robotics. More information on the thesis END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR