Pobogot -- An Open-Hardware Open-Source Low Cost Robot for Swarm Robotics
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.08686v1
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:47:59 GMT
- Title: Pobogot -- An Open-Hardware Open-Source Low Cost Robot for Swarm Robotics
- Authors: Alessia Loi, Loona Macabre, Jérémy Fersula, Keivan Amini, Leo Cazenille, Fabien Caura, Alexandre Guerre, Stéphane Gourichon, Olivier Dauchot, Nicolas Bredeche,
- Abstract summary: This paper describes the Pogobot, an open-source and open-hardware platform specifically designed for research involving swarm robotics.<n>Pogobot features vibration-based locomotion, infrared communication, and an array of sensors in a cost-effective package.<n>More than 200 Pogobots are already being used on a daily basis at Sorbonne Universit'e and PSL to study self-organizing systems, programmable active matter, discrete reaction-diffusion-advection systems, as well as models of social learning and evolution.
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- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- Abstract: This paper describes the Pogobot, an open-source and open-hardware platform specifically designed for research involving swarm robotics. Pogobot features vibration-based locomotion, infrared communication, and an array of sensors in a cost-effective package (approx. 250~euros/unit). The platform's modular design, comprehensive API, and extensible architecture facilitate the implementation of swarm intelligence algorithms and distributed online reinforcement learning algorithms. Pogobots offer an accessible alternative to existing platforms while providing advanced capabilities including directional communication between units. More than 200 Pogobots are already being used on a daily basis at Sorbonne Universit\'e and PSL to study self-organizing systems, programmable active matter, discrete reaction-diffusion-advection systems as well as models of social learning and evolution.
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