Robot Swarms
Howie Choset, Robotics Institute
Swarming behavior in nature is fascinating. Since the times of Alexander the Great, swarming has been used in military campaigns to "trap" the enemy. Is there a benefit of swarming to robotics? That remains to be seen, but who cares, it is a lot of fun. My group is developing robot architectures and algorithms for multirobot interaction. We are interested in both low-level as well as high-level considerations.