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.

建筑和制造可能是危险，浪费的行业 - 移动机器人建造者团队自动化的候选者。但是，我们对如何为团队合作编程机器人的理解是有限的。该项目旨在了解织布工的菌落如何使用新颖的3D成像和蚂蚁跟踪技术建立复杂的巢结构。该项目的预期结果是i）一个框架，即个人级别的行为如何驱动结构级别的结果，适用于许多复杂系统，以及ii）机器人群的新颖软件和硬件，这些软件和硬件可用于使用ANT启发的团队合作策略3D Print结构。该项目的好处包括新的建筑技术，这些技术更安全，更绿，更便宜，更快。