Flocking with Oblivious Robots,
Flocking with Oblivious Robots,
复制标题
充斥着健忘的机器人,
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-49259-9_8
复制
发表时间:
2016
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
M. Potop-Butucaru
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
D. Canepa;X. Defago;T. Izumi;M. Potop-Butucaru
We propose a new self-stabilizing flocking algorithm for oblivious robot networks, and prove its correctness. With this algorithm, a flock head emerges from auniformflock of robots, and the algorithm allows those robots to follow the head, whatever its direction on the plane. Robots areobliviousin that they do not recall the result of their previous computations and do not share a common coordinate system.The novelty of our approach consists in identifying the sufficient conditions to set on the flock pattern placement and the velocity of the flock-head (rotation, translation or speed), such that the flock head and the flock pattern are both preserved while the flock moves (following the head). Additionally, our system is bothself-healingandself-stabilizing. In case the head leaves (e.g., disappears or is damaged) the flock agrees on a new head and follows its trajectory. Also, robots keep no record of their previous computations and we make no assumption on their initial position. The step complexity of our solution isO(n).