Robotic collective construction is an approach to automated construction that enhances safety and efficiency in the construction industry. Inspired by the observed behavior of insects, in which the construction environment acts as a shared memory for workers, this project features two types of robots: “smart” building blocks capable of storing and sending data, and inchworm-inspired builder robots that navigate and modify the 3D structure. Built upon the concepts established by past iterations of this project, SMAC 5.0 improved the hardware and software design of the inchworm and the blocks, yielding a research tool for further exploration of the algorithms essential to coordinate a decentralized swarm of inchworm builders.

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Creator

• Guven, Can
• Enyedy, Edward
• Rosenstein, IsaIsabella
• Kaplan, Isa
• Brown, Genna
• Pomeranz, Cambria

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042424-222859
• 121601

Palavra-chave

• Decentralized
• Collective Construction
• Symbiotic
• Swarm Robotics

Advisor

• Pinciroli, Carlo
• Lewin, Greg
• Nemitz, Markus

Year

• 2024

Date created

• 2024-04-24

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Robotics Engineering

Source

• E-project-042424-222859

Rights statement

• In Copyright