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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Swarm Robotics: A Perspective on the Latest Reviewed Concepts and Applications.

Pollyanna G Faria Dias, Mateus C Silva, Geraldo P Rocha Filho, Patrícia A Vargas, Luciano P Cota, Gustavo Pessin

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Recent Advances in Collective Behaviors of Micro/Nanomotor Swarms.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  6. On collective behavior inFrontiers in neurorobotics · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Pollyanna G Faria DiasDepartment of Computer Science, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto 35400-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9924-6630
Mateus C SilvaDepartment of Computer Science, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto 35400-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3717-1906
Geraldo P Rocha FilhoDepartment of Computer Science, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6795-2768
Patrícia A VargasEdinburgh Centre for Robotics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3272-2521
Luciano P CotaInstituto Tecnológico Vale, Ouro Preto 35400-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8385-7573
Gustavo PessinDepartment of Computer Science, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto 35400-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-7411-9229

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Known as an artificial intelligence subarea, Swarm Robotics is a developing study field investigating bio-inspired collaborative control approaches and integrates a huge collection of agents, reasonably plain robots, in a distributed and decentralized manner. It offers an inspiring essential platform for new researchers to be engaged and share new knowledge to examine their concepts in analytical and heuristic strategies. This paper introduces an overview of current activities in Swarm Robotics and examines the present literature in this area to establish to approach between a realistic swarm robotic system and real-world enforcements. First, we review several Swarm Intelligence concepts to define Swarm Robotics systems, reporting their essential qualities and features and contrast them to generic multi-robotic systems. Second, we report a review of the principal projects that allow realistic study of Swarm Robotics. We demonstrate knowledge regarding current hardware platforms and multi-robot simulators. Finally, the forthcoming promissory applications and the troubles to surpass with a view to achieving them have been described and analyzed.

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multi-robot systemsroboticsSwarm IntelligenceSwarm Robotics

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PMID33804187
PMCPMC8000604

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