In this paper, we study self-organized flocking in a swarm of mobile robots. We present Kobot, a mobile robot platform developed specifically for swarm robotic studies. We describe its infrared-based short range sensing system, capable of measuring the distance from obstacles and detecting kin robots, and a novel sensing system called the virtual heading system (VHS) which uses a digital compass and a wireless communication module for sensing the relative headings of neighboring robots.
%0 Journal Article
%1 turgut2008selforganized
%A Turgut, Ali E.
%A Çelikkanat, Hande
%A Gökçe, Fatih
%A Şahin, Erol
%D 2008
%J Swarm Intelligence
%K flocking robots
%N 2
%P 97--120
%R 10.1007/s11721-008-0016-2
%T Self-organized flocking in mobile robot swarms
%V 2
%X In this paper, we study self-organized flocking in a swarm of mobile robots. We present Kobot, a mobile robot platform developed specifically for swarm robotic studies. We describe its infrared-based short range sensing system, capable of measuring the distance from obstacles and detecting kin robots, and a novel sensing system called the virtual heading system (VHS) which uses a digital compass and a wireless communication module for sensing the relative headings of neighboring robots.
@article{turgut2008selforganized,
abstract = {In this paper, we study self-organized flocking in a swarm of mobile robots. We present Kobot, a mobile robot platform developed specifically for swarm robotic studies. We describe its infrared-based short range sensing system, capable of measuring the distance from obstacles and detecting kin robots, and a novel sensing system called the virtual heading system (VHS) which uses a digital compass and a wireless communication module for sensing the relative headings of neighboring robots.},
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author = {Turgut, Ali E. and Çelikkanat, Hande and Gökçe, Fatih and Şahin, Erol},
biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/26c15fe83aff56ac81cb3e2f8fa6b5d05/mariusoei},
doi = {10.1007/s11721-008-0016-2},
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issn = {1935-3820},
journal = {Swarm Intelligence},
keywords = {flocking robots},
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pages = {97--120},
timestamp = {2016-03-16T22:26:12.000+0100},
title = {Self-organized flocking in mobile robot swarms},
volume = 2,
year = 2008
}