Multi-Instance Task in Swarm Robotics: Sorting Groups of Robots or Objects into Clusters with Minimalist Controllers

Adilson Krischanski,Yuri K. Lopes,Andre B. Leal,Ricardo F. Martins,Roberto S.U. Rosso,Adilson Krischanski,Yuri K. Lopes,Andre B. Leal,Ricardo F. Martins,Roberto S.U. Rosso

Relying only on behaviors that emerge from simple responsive controllers; swarms of robots have been shown capable of autonomously aggregate themselves or objects into clusters without any form of communication. We push these controllers to the limit, requiring robots to sort themselves or objects into different clusters. Based on a responsive controller that maps the current reading of a line-of-...