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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2008
Peter Bauer, South Bend, IN (US);
Matthias Scheutz, South Bend, IN (US);
Peter Bauer, South Bend, IN (US);
Matthias Scheutz, South Bend, IN (US);
University of Notre Dame du Lac, Norte Dame, IN (US);
Abstract
A swarm navigation system is disclosed. The swarm navigation system includes a plurality of mobile agents, each having a receiver and capable of receiving a collision avoidance signal or a target attraction signal from a remote source. A stereo antenna system and memory storing instructions cause the mobile agent to determine the intensity and direction of the received collision avoidance signal or the received target attraction signal and to navigate the mobile agent substantially towards the received target attraction signal and substantially away from the received collision avoidance signal. Each mobile agent may further include a collision avoidance beacon mounted to the mobile agent and adapted to broadcast a collision avoidance signal, and a target attraction beacon mounted to the mobile agent and adapted to selectively broadcast a target attraction signal.