Research Article

Color-Coded Light Signals Based Communication for Swarming Behaviors in Mobile Robotic System

Table 1

Comparison of various existing swarm robotic platforms.

Name of robotSensors usedActuation mechanism

Khepera [21]Infrared sensors, wheel encodersDC motors
Alice [22]Infrared sensorsBidirectional motors
S-bot [23]Infrared sensors, humidity sensor, torque sensor, microphone, temperature sensor, camera, wheel encoder, radioDC motors
Jasmine [24]Infrared sensorsDC motors
Kobot [25]Infrared sensors, XBeeDC motors
E-puck [7]Infrared sensors, accelerometer, camera, microphoneStepper motors
MarXbot [26]Infrared sensors, accelerometer and gyroscope, force sensor, camera, bluetooth, WiFi, RFID readerRotational motors
Kilobot [10]Infrared sensors, light sensorVibration motors
Thymio II [27]Infrared sensors, accelerometer, capacitive touch sensor, temperature sensor, microphoneDC motors
Droplet [28]Infrared sensorsVibration motors
GRITSBot [29]Infrared sensors, accelerometer and gyroscope, battery voltage sensorStepper motors
Pheeno [13]Infrared sensors, accelerometer, wheel encoder, camera, magnetometer, WiFiDC motors
HoverBot [30]Infrared sensors, hall-effect sensorsPlanar coils
Colias IV [16]Infrared light, ambient light, CMOS camera, MEMS microphone, 9-DOF IMUDC motors
Mona [12]Infrared sensorsDC motor
Proposed robotRGB color, infrared, light intensity, three-axis magnetometer, WiFi, BluetoothMicrometal DC gear motors

CMOS, complementary metal-oxide semiconductor; DOF, degree of freedom; IMU, inertial measurement unit; MEMS, micro-electromechanical system; RFID, radio frequency identification.