Previous research has shown that automatically combining low-level behaviors into a
probabilistic finite state machine produces control software that crosses the reality gap …

We introduce Gianduja, an automatic design method that generates communication-based
behaviors for robot swarms. Gianduja extends Chocolate, a previously published design …

We investigate the possibilities, challenges, and limitations that arise from the use of
behavior trees in the context of the automatic modular design of collective behaviors in …

Due to the lack of systematic empirical analyses and comparisons of ideas and methods, a
clearly established state of the art is still missing in the optimization-based design of robot …

The swarm robotics literature has shown that complex tasks can be solved by large groups
of simple robots interacting with each other and their environment. Most of these tasks …

One issue in the automatic design of control software for robot swarms is the so-called reality
gap—the difference between reality and the simulation models used in the automatic design …

Robot swarms have many virtues for large-scale task execution: this includes redundancy, a
high degree of parallel task implementation, and the potential to jointly complete jobs that a …

Background: The specification of missions to be accomplished by a robot swarm has been
rarely discussed in the literature: designers do not follow any standardized processes or use …

The field of swarm robotics has seen significant growth in recent years, with potential
applications in a variety of areas. This paper delves into the current research challenges in …

A main challenge in swarm robotics is the unknown map** between simple agent-level
behavior rules and emergent global behaviors. Currently, there is no known swarm control …