Swarm construction: ant-inspired processes for teams of building robots

群体建造：建筑机器人团队的受蚂蚁启发的流程

• 批准号: FT220100669
• 负责人: Dr Christopher Reid
• 金额: $ 56.09万
• 依托单位: Macquarie University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT220100669
• 关键词: Swarm; construction; ant; inspired; processes

Construction and manufacturing can be dangerous, wasteful industries—prime candidates for automation by teams of mobile robot builders. However, our understanding of how to program robots for teamwork is limited. This project aims to understand how colonies of weaver ants build complex nest structures, using novel 3D-imaging and ant tracking techniques. The anticipated outcomes of the project are i) a framework for how individual-level behaviour drives structure-level outcomes, applicable to many complex systems, and ii) novel software and hardware for robot swarms that can 3D-print structures using ant inspired teamwork strategies. Benefits of the project include new construction technologies that are safer, greener, cheaper and faster.

建筑业和制造业是危险的、浪费的行业移动的机器人制造者团队自动化的首选。然而，我们对如何为机器人编程以实现团队合作的理解是有限的。该项目旨在了解织蚁群体如何使用新颖的3D成像和蚂蚁跟踪技术构建复杂的巢穴结构。该项目的预期成果是：i）一个关于个人行为如何驱动结构级结果的框架，适用于许多复杂系统; ii）用于机器人群的新型软件和硬件，可以使用蚂蚁启发的团队合作策略3D打印结构。该项目的好处包括更安全、更环保、更便宜和更快的新建筑技术。