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SwisTrack Swarm Analysis Of Robots And Roaches
SwisTrack, a tracking tool for multi-unit robotic and biological systems, is a great way to learn more about swarm behavior - and then mimic it. Three years in the making, this open-source system lets researchers track multiple, mobile, marker-less miniature objects.
(SwisTrack: 30 robot swarm tracked)
From the video:
For quantifying observations in swarm robotics and behavioral biology, the individual behavior of the constituted agents of the swarm need to be analyzed. Conclusions about the processes underlying self-organization can often only be drawn after analysis of hundreds of experiments...
The software, now in version 3.0.0, allows researchers to track up to thirty insects or robots of different shapes and sizes, and then output their movements in the form of world coordinates. The software ships with a calibration pattern.
(SwisTrack video demo)
For the techies:
SwisTrack's core image manipulation functions are provided by Intels OpenCV library, while GUI functionalities are relying on WxWidgets. Hence, SwisTrack's source is platform-independent, but binaries are currently distributed only for MS Windows.
This project was partially sponsored by the European Project Leurre, sponsored by the European Community.
Interested in robotic swarms? Here are some planned projects:
- MADMEN Robot Swarm To Handle Incoming Asteroids?
SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. has completed a preliminary study for NASA in planetary defense against asteroid impactors. - TETWalker: Shape-Shifting Robot Swarm
This bot is a prototype member of an autonomous nanotechnology swarm that can alter their shape.
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