Abstract
We proposed FluidicSwarm, a control system that treats robot swarms as fluid-like entities, enabling users to intuitively operate them as extensions of their own bodies. The system allows users to manipulate the characteristics of the fluid that the robot swarm mimics through hand movements, thereby changing properties such as the swarm’s shape and flexibility. This functionality enables users to easily and flexibly control large numbers of robots for diverse tasks including obstacle avoidance and object transportation. By utilizing this system, we expect improvements in both the efficiency of robot swarm control and the quality of operational experience across various scenarios, including teleoperation and remote collaborative work.
Papers
Michikuni Eguchi, Shigeo Yoshida, Mai Nishimura, and Takefumi Hiraki, “FluidicSwarm: Embodiment of Swarm Robots Using Fluid Behavior Imitation,” Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH 2025 Emerging Technologies (SIGGRAPH 2025), pp. 5:1–2, 2025.8.
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