A Mean Shift-Based Pattern Formation Algorithm for Robot Swarms

Published in International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications, 2021

Recommended citation: C. Vickery, S.A. Salehi. "A Mean Shift-Based Pattern Formation Algorithm for Robot Swarms," 2021 International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications. February 2021. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9376415

This paper investigates a new method for the assembly of global patterns in a multi-robot swarm following basic mean-shift based formation rules.

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Video Examples

These examples show the algorithm at work with 5 robots…

50 robots…

and 500 robots.

Recommended citation: C. Vickery, S.A. Salehi. “A Mean Shift-Based Pattern Formation Algorithm for Robot Swarms,” 2021 International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications. February 2021.