Collective Decision Making in a Swarm of Robots: How Robust the BEECLUST Algorithm Performs in Various Conditions

Daniela Kengyel, Payam Zahadat, Thomas Kunzfeld, Thomas Schmickl
2016 Proceedings of the 9th EAI International Conference on Bio-inspired Information and Communications Technologies (formerly BIONETICS)  
In this paper a honeybee inspired collective-decision-making algorithm called BEECLUST is studied in a swarm of autonomous robots and the performance of the swarm is investigated in different conditions. The algorithm has low requirements thus it is promising for implementation in robots with low resources. Here the algorithm is applied in swarms of improved e-puck robots in three different conditions in order to study the strengths and limitations of the algorithm. The collective system
more » ... rated a high performance in adapting to a dynamic environment as well as a very low sensitivity to additional robots with malfunctioning sensors. On the other hand the system shows an strong response to robots that act as social seeds influencing the decisionmaking of the swarm.
doi:10.4108/eai.3-12-2015.2262332 dblp:journals/sg/KengyelZKS16 fatcat:jtjswjshvvc4nl7e7zunmskxea