DEVELOPMENT OF LEADER AND FOLLOWER STRATEGY FOR SWARM ROBOT APPLICATIONS
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https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v77.6791Keywords:
Communication, leader-follower, RSSI, swarm, wireless, X-BeeAbstract
Swarming robots basically consist of a group of several simple robots that interact and collaborate with each other to achieve shared goals. A single robot system is not suitable to be used as an agent for the navigation usually covers a wide range of area. Therefore, a group of simple robots is introduced. A group of robots can perform their tasks together in a more efficient way compared to a single robot; hence develop a more robust system. In order to interact, a wireless communication strategy is implemented to enable the group of mobile robots to perform their tasks. This project implements the swarming algorithm by supplementing the ability of mobile robot platforms with autonomy and odour detection. The work focused on the localization of chemical odour source in the testing environment and the leader and follower swarm formation through wireless communication. To enable the mobile robots to communicate with each other and able to perform leader and follower designation once the target has been found, the RSSI value of X-Bee module is used.
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