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Methods and apparatus for swarm navigation of multiple agents
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posted on 2016-06-07, 00:00 authored by Matthias Scheutz, Peter BauerA swarm navigation system is disclosed. The swarm navigation system includes a plurality of mobile agents, each having a receiver and capable of receiving a collision avoidance signal or a target attraction signal from a remote source. A stereo antenna system and memory storing instructions cause the mobile agent to determine the intensity and direction of the received collision avoidance signal or the received target attraction signal and to navigate the mobile agent substantially towards the received target attraction signal and substantially away from the received collision avoidance signal. Each mobile agent may further include a collision avoidance beacon mounted to the mobile agent and adapted to broadcast a collision avoidance signal, and a target attraction beacon mounted to the mobile agent and adapted to selectively broadcast a target attraction signal.
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Patent Number
US 8234067 B2Other Application
12/181,036Inventor
Peter Bauer Matthias ScheutzInventor from Local Institution
Peter Bauer Matthias ScheutzAssignee
University of Notre Dame Du LacDate Modified
2016-06-07Language
- English
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21Prior Publication Number
US 20090099768 A1Publisher
United States Patent and Trademark OfficeCooperative Patent Classification Codes
G01C 21/005 (20130101); G08G 1/0962 (20130101); G08G 1/0968 (20130101); G08G 1/161 (20130101)Contributor
Peter Bauer|Matthias ScheutzInternational Patent Classification Codes
G06F 21/00 (20060101); G08G 1/16 (20060101)US Patent Classification Codes
701/467; 701/301Usage metrics
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