FISC: A Fluid-Inspired Framework for Decentralized and Scalable Swarm Control

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00480v1
• Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 03:04:38 GMT
• Title: FISC: A Fluid-Inspired Framework for Decentralized and Scalable Swarm Control
• Abstract summary: A decentralized approach for outer-loop control of large multi-agent systems is proposed and evaluated.<n>A relationship between fundamental fluidic element properties and individual robotic agent states is developed.<n>By ascribing fluid-like properties to subsets of agents, the swarm evolves collectively while maintaining desirable structure and coherence.<n>Results demonstrate the feasibility of treating large robotic swarms as continuum systems that retain the macroscopic structure derived from first principles.
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• Abstract: Achieving scalable coordination in large robotic swarms is often constrained by reliance on inter-agent communication, which introduces latency, bandwidth limitations, and vulnerability to failure. To address this gap, a decentralized approach for outer-loop control of large multi-agent systems based on the paradigm of how a fluid moves through a volume is proposed and evaluated. A relationship between fundamental fluidic element properties and individual robotic agent states is developed such that the corresponding swarm "flows" through a space, akin to a fluid when forced via a pressure boundary condition. By ascribing fluid-like properties to subsets of agents, the swarm evolves collectively while maintaining desirable structure and coherence without explicit communication of agent states within or outside of the swarm. The approach is evaluated using simulations involving $O(10^3)$ quadcopter agents and compared against Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solutions for a converging-diverging domain. Quantitative agreement between swarm-derived and CFD fields is assessed using Root-Mean-Square Error (RMSE), yielding normalized errors of 0.15-0.9 for velocity, 0.61-0.98 for density, 0-0.937 for pressure. These results demonstrate the feasibility of treating large robotic swarms as continuum systems that retain the macroscopic structure derived from first principles, providing a basis for scalable and decentralized control.

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