A. F.T. Winfield
An immune-inspired swarm aggregation algorithm for self-healing swarm robotic systems
Winfield, A. F.T.; Timmis, J.; Ismail, A. R.; Bjerknes, J. D.; Winfield, Alan F.T.
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Abstract
© 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Swarm robotics is concerned with the decentralised coordination of multiple robots having only limited communication and interaction abilities. Although fault tolerance and robustness to individual robot failures have often been used to justify the use of swarm robotic systems, recent studies have shown that swarm robotic systems are susceptible to certain types of failure. In this paper we propose an approach to self-healing swarm robotic systems and take inspiration from the process of granuloma formation, a process of containment and repair found in the immune system. We use a case study of a swarm performing team work where previous works have demonstrated that partially failed robots have the most detrimental effect on overall swarm behaviour. We have developed an immune inspired approach that permits the recovery from certain failure modes during operation of the swarm, overcoming issues that effect swarm behaviour associated with partially failed robots.
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Winfield, A. F., Timmis, J., Ismail, A. R., Bjerknes, J. D., & Winfield, A. F. (2016). An immune-inspired swarm aggregation algorithm for self-healing swarm robotic systems. BioSystems, 146, 60-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2016.04.001
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 1, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | May 10, 2016 |
Publication Date | Aug 1, 2016 |
Deposit Date | May 26, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | May 10, 2017 |
Journal | BioSystems |
Print ISSN | 0303-2647 |
Electronic ISSN | 1872-8324 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 146 |
Pages | 60-76 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2016.04.001 |
Keywords | swarm robotics, artificial immune systems, self-repair |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/909348 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2016.04.001 |
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