Construction can be optimized by using robotic workers to create structures from smart materials. The prior creation of a construction agent, a robotic inchworm, laid the groundwork for our team to focus on the development of smart building blocks which utilize visual light communication(VLC) and a decentralized planning algorithm. Using a decentralized algorithm allows each agent to act independently with simple rules, creating emergent behavior to build a desired structure using the structure itself as the primary organizer of construction.

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Creator

• Dentch, Peter
• Kalimani, Sriranjani
• Waid, Benjamin M.
• Torregrosa, Ella
• Charter, Mielynn T.
• Mohapatra, Meha

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050521-222604
• 22561

Advisor

• Pinciroli, Carlo
• Lewin, Greg
• Clark, Andrew

Year

• 2021

Date created

• 2021-05-05

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Robotics Engineering
• Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Computer Science

Rights statement

• In Copyright