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Multipurpose Module Based on Infrared Light for Small Scale Swarm Robots

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Advances in Automation and Robotics Research in Latin America

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There has been a rising interest in swarm robotics, nonetheless, being able to test algorithms in hardware is inaccessible to most people interested in the area due to the high price of the hardware required and the work area needed to test these robots. Our project aims to decrease this issue by providing a low cost and size efficient module that implements a variety of functions required in swarm robotics. The solution shown in this article is based on infrared (IR) transmitters and receivers arranged in a way that allows the robots to communicate, sense ambient light, triangulate the position of other robots and detect obstacles in a 360 radius.

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Acknowledgments

We deeply thank Dr. Pedro Ponce Cruz for his guidance, suggestions and support while working on this project.

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  1. Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico

    Jorge Gaspar Lira, Edgar Alfonso Trujillo & Jose Torres Millan

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Correspondence to Jorge Gaspar Lira .

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  1. Facultad de Ingeniería Eléctrica (FIE), Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá , Panamá, Panama

    Ignacio Chang

  2. Computer Science Department, College of Information Science & Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    José Baca

  3. Guadalupe C.P., Av. Barranquilla S/N, Col. Guadalupe C.P., Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico

    Héctor A. Moreno

  4. Guadalupe C.P., Av. Barranquilla S/N, Col. Guadalupe C.P., Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico

    Isela G. Carrera

  5. El Salvador, El Salvador

    Manuel N. Cardona

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Gaspar Lira, J., Alfonso Trujillo, E., Torres Millan, J. (2017). Multipurpose Module Based on Infrared Light for Small Scale Swarm Robots. In: Chang, I., Baca, J., Moreno, H., Carrera, I., Cardona, M. (eds) Advances in Automation and Robotics Research in Latin America. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54377-2_20

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