Swarm Autobots

Abstract

Swarm robots will have unprecedented positive impact in our personal social and business operations. Swarm robotics is a field in which large numbers of robots are coordinated to perform a desired task. The nature of individual robots is either heterogeneous or homogeneous robots. A significant portion of research is seen to be interested in mobile robots. The main aim is to fabricate and develop an autonomous and intelligent system to perform swarming with synchronization and continuous communication. We develop our own algorithm which is named '' Autobots Swarm Algorithm'. We design and develop a system in which the moving robots perform swarming; give live surveillance via camera; extinguish the fire which is a global application whilst avoiding obstacles and collisions among themselves by controlling parameters like stability, resolution, coordination, and synchronization. Our prototype comprises of four unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). These UGVs form swarm pattern of Y and X shape through localization which divides single machine work into multiple groups of machines. The swarm autobots are comprised of one Alpha the decision-making node and the other 3 Beta-nodes which act accordingly to the alpha node in a synchronized manner. All 4 UGVs are designed and fabricated on the same computational power to enhance ability and modification according to global application. The communication channel is Wi-Fi of range 220 meters, yet well-secured alpha only communicates to unique MAC address of beta nodes and can handle 250 bytes of data up to 20 beta nodes if attached and deployed ASA algorithm which is specifically designed for the final year project.