SWARM INTELLIGENCE

Abstract

Robots are devices which can perform a given task more efficiently and tirelessly than that of a human. Robots are used in places where human cannot intervene. Swarm is biological behavior observed in animals like ants, bees, bats etc. through which they communicate among themselves. Swarm Robotics is an advancement in the field of robotics in which multiple robots coordinate with each other to perform task collectively. In this paper we are going to demonstrate swarm robotics using 3 robots which will communicate using RF (2.4GHz). For proper co- ordination of robots we are using ant colony algorithm. This Project displays robots performing a fire extinguishing task without human intervention by using their artificial intelligence. The project involves three stages namely Detection of fire, calculating the shortest path and extinguishing the fire. We are describing the algorithm with obstacles.
Key Words: Ant colony algorithm, Fire detection, Multiple robots, RF communication, Swarm behavior.