Mechatronic Design for Multi Robots-Insect Swarms Interactions


Rekabi-Bana F., Stefanec M., Ulrich J., Keyvan E. E., Roucek T., Broughton G., ...Daha Fazla

2023 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2023, Leicester, İngiltere, 15 - 17 Mart 2023 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/icm54990.2023.10102026
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Leicester
  • Basıldığı Ülke: İngiltere
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper presents the concept of a robotic system collaborating with a swarm of social insects inside their hive. This robot consists of a micro-and macro-manipulator and a tracking system. The micro-manipulator uses bio-mimetic agents to interact with an individual specimen. The macromanipulator positions and keeps the micro-manipulator's base around the given individual while moving in the hive. This individual is tracked by a fiducial marker-based visual detection and localisation system, which also provides positions of the biomimetic agents. The base of the system was experimentally verified in a honeybee observation hive, where it flawlessly tracked the honeybee queen for several hours, gathering sufficient data to extract the behaviours of honeybee workers in the queen's vicinity. These data were then used in simulation to verify if the micro-manipulator's bio-mimetic agents could mimic some of the honeybee workers' behaviours.