Kilombo: a Kilobot simulator to enable eective research

摘要: The Kilobot is a widely used platform for investigation of swarm robotics. Physical Kilobots are slow moving and require frequent recalibration charg- ing, which signicantly slows down the development cycle. Simulators can speed up process testing, exploring hypothesis generation, but usually re- quire time consuming error-prone translation code between simulator robot. Moreover, dierent nature often obfuscates direct comparison, as well determination cause deviation, actual robot behaviour. To tackle these issues we have developed C-based that allows those working with to use same programme in both physical robots. Use our simulator, coined Kilombo, sig- nicantly simplies speeds development, given simulation 1000 robots be run at 100 times faster than real on desktop com- puter, making high-throughput pre-screening possible potential algorithms