Swarm robotic solutions have the potential to solve many of the dangers and issues current construction practices have today. By having many robots working on a single project, construction can be completed in a fast and efficient manner. The overall intent for this project is to design a versatile robotic swarm system capable of autonomously constructing complex structures by means of inchworm-like linkage robots and standardized interconnected “smart” blocks. This project introduces a new backbone linkage system in the blocks and improved stigmergic control that builds upon the groundwork established by past iterations of the project - enabling the construction of higher-complexity structures. Powering the system is a complete algorithm capable of detecting if any structure is stable during and after construction while building the blueprints to be propagated among the blocks.

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Creator

• Leavitt, Jacob
• Lepping, Kayla
• Rivera, Jose
• Shin, Brian

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Project-Based Learning
• Computing

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050223-141406
• 107831

Keyword

• swarm
• robotics
• SMAC
• construction
• autonomous
• inchworm

Advisor

• Pinciroli, Carlo
• Lewin, Greg

Year

• 2023

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not Specified

Date created

• 2023-05-02

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Robotics Engineering
• Computer Science
• Mechanical Engineering

Source

• E-project-050223-141406

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-16