Tristan Schuler

Viscoelastic Fluid-Inspired Swarm Behavior to Reduce Susceptibility to Local Minima: The Chain Siphon Algorithm

We present a novel distributed robotic swarm algorithm inspired by the open channel siphon phenomenon displayed in certain viscoelastic fluids. Self-siphoning viscoelastic fluids are often able to mitigate the trapping effects of local minima in the environment. Using a similar strategy, our algorit