ROBOTmaker
supplied the various I-swarm / 'Jamine Projects “Collective
Micro-robotics Team” with
MegaBitty
controller boards and nano-motor
parts.
ROBOTmaker is also providing total swarm solutions
including a customised version of the Jasmine robot chassis.
Overview
of the Jasmine Swarm Project:
The
Jasmine project is a micro-robot is developed in cooperation with
University of Stuttgart & Karlsruhe, within
the I-SWARM Project.
The
robot was originally based on the Megabitty board with Atmel AVR RICS Mega 8
microcontroller clocked at 16 MHz.
The
sensory system (communication and perception) of the robot is specifically
developed for large robot swarm applications.
The
project objectives is to explore new and innovative principles
of information processing. These systems
represent the result of miniaturization process in such fields as
robotics, micro- and embedded controllers, sensor networks,
non-destructing control, environmental monitoring, ubiquitous systems,
medical research and several nano-technological areas. The research is not
only restricted to software
aspects, but also focused on development of appropriate hardware; which represented
the
first point of their research program.

In
the second project phase they intend to focus on self-organizing phenomena
(SO-phenomena) in micro-robotic systems. The research is based on the
principle that artificial self-organization has an enormous
potential; being much cheaper, more reliable, flexible and scalable
in comparison to other types of systems.
Swarm
Robotics: SAB 2004 International Workshop, Santa Monica, CA, ...
This paper presents the visions and initial results of the I- SWARM
project ... The vision of the I-SWARM project is to take a
leap forward in robotics ...