Course Outline

Introduction to Multi-Robot Systems

  • Overview of multi-robot coordination and control architectures
  • Applications in industry, research, and autonomous systems
  • Comparison between centralized and decentralized systems

Fundamentals of Swarm Intelligence

  • Principles of collective intelligence and self-organization
  • Biological inspiration: ants, bees, and flocks
  • Emergent behavior and robustness in swarm systems

Communication and Coordination

  • Inter-robot communication models and protocols
  • Consensus algorithms and distributed agreement
  • Task allocation and resource sharing strategies

Control and Formation Strategies

  • Leader-follower, behavior-based, and virtual structure control
  • Flocking, coverage, and pursuit–evasion algorithms
  • Formation maintenance under noisy communication conditions

Swarm Optimization Algorithms

  • Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Ant Colony Optimization (ACO)
  • Applications to path planning and dynamic task assignment
  • Hybrid approaches combining learning and swarm heuristics

Simulation and Implementation

  • Building multi-robot simulations in ROS 2 and Gazebo
  • Implementing swarm behaviors with Python or C++
  • Debugging and analyzing emergent dynamics

Advanced Topics in Swarm Robotics

  • Scalability, fault tolerance, and communication resilience
  • Machine learning integration for adaptive coordination
  • Human-swarm interaction and supervisory control

Hands-on Project: Design and Simulation of a Swarm Coordination System

  • Defining objectives and constraints for a multi-robot mission
  • Implementing swarm coordination algorithms
  • Evaluating performance metrics and robustness

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of robotics fundamentals
  • Experience with Python programming and ROS
  • Familiarity with algorithms for motion planning and control

Audience

  • Robotics researchers focusing on distributed and cooperative systems
  • System architects designing large-scale multi-agent robotic solutions
  • Advanced developers working on autonomous coordination and swarm algorithms
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