Swarm Intelligence

6Swarm Cyborg

Abstract

Swarm cyborg is a simple paradigm to coordinate multi-robotic systems consisting of several basic robots inspired by social insects. The most striking feature of swarming robots is their capacity to work together towards a common objective. In this chapter, the study of swarming cyborgs categorized according to current research issues and techniques. Recent studies in the main topics are divided into key areas and related subcategories.

Keywords: Swarm cyborg, biological phenomenon, bird flock, inspired immune function, perception, particle swarm optimization, cyborg actuators, microscopic

6.1 Introduction

Swarming cyborgs is a method for organizing and coordinating multicyborg systems of very basic cyborgs. Unlike traditional multi-cyborg systems, which use centralized or individualistic communications and control systems to implement cyborg behavior, swarm cyborgs take a decentralized approach, with the required collective behavior emerging from local communication and their ability to interact among both cyborgs and their surroundings. Swarming cyborg systems may exhibit three desirable multi-cyborg characteristics: functionality, reliability, and capacity. A description of these qualities follows [52]:

• Functionality can be understood as the willingness to expand a self-organized strategy to support a more significant or narrower number of robustness is the part of which a system can still function in the presence of partial failures or other abnormal ...