Crystallization-Inspired Design and Modeling of Self-Assembly Lattice-Formation Swarm Robotics.

Zebang Pan, Guilin Wen, Hanfeng Yin, Shan Yin, Zhao Tan

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Zebang PanState Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacture for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.

Guilin WenSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China.

Hanfeng YinState Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacture for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.

Shan YinState Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacture for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.

Zhao TanState Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacture for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.

Funding

Full-time Introduction of National High-level Innovation Talents Research Project of Hebei Province 2021HBQZYCSB003National Natural Science Foundation of China 11832009National Natural Science Foundation of China 11902085National Natural Science Foundation of China 12172095

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Abstract

Self-assembly formation is a key research topic for realizing practical applications in swarm robotics. Due to its inherent complexity, designing high-performance self-assembly formation strategies and proposing corresponding macroscopic models remain formidable challenges and present an open research frontier. Taking inspiration from crystallization, this paper introduces a distributed self-assembly formation strategy by defining

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crystallizationmacroscopic modelself-assembly formationswarm robotics

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PMID38793934

DOI10.3390/s24103081

PMCPMC11125347

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