THE COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR OF PIEZOELECTRIC WALKING MICROROBOTS: EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS

摘要

This paper presents some experimental results concerning the collective behavior of a colony of PLIF (Piezo Light Intelligent Flea) microrobots. An introduction to the peculiarities of piezoelectric PL1F microrobots is given, and then the results of co-operation by three robots arc illustrated in both simulation and a real application. From the results it emerges that the strategy implemented is robust to both external disturbances and faults in some robots.