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Swarm navigation of cyborg-insects in unknown obstructed soft terrain

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  • Yang Bai

    (Osaka University
    Hiroshima University)

  • Phuoc Thanh Tran Ngoc

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Huu Duoc Nguyen

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Duc Long Le

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Quang Huy Ha

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Kazuki Kai

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Yu Xiang See To

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Yaosheng Deng

    (Osaka University)

  • Jie Song

    (Osaka University)

  • Naoki Wakamiya

    (Osaka University)

  • Hirotaka Sato

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Masaki Ogura

    (Osaka University
    Hiroshima University)

Abstract

Cyborg insects refer to hybrid robots that integrate living insects with miniature electronic controllers to enable robotic-like programmable control. These creatures exhibit advantages over conventional robots in adaption to complex terrain and sustained energy efficiency. Nevertheless, there is a lack of literature on the control of multi-cyborg systems. This research gap is due to the difficulty in coordinating the movements of a cyborg system under the presence of insects’ inherent individual variability in their reactions to control input. Regarding this issue, we propose a swarm navigation algorithm and verify it under experiments. This research advances swarm robotics by integrating biological organisms with control theory to develop intelligent autonomous systems for real-world applications.

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  • Yang Bai & Phuoc Thanh Tran Ngoc & Huu Duoc Nguyen & Duc Long Le & Quang Huy Ha & Kazuki Kai & Yu Xiang See To & Yaosheng Deng & Jie Song & Naoki Wakamiya & Hirotaka Sato & Masaki Ogura, 2025. "Swarm navigation of cyborg-insects in unknown obstructed soft terrain," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-55197-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55197-8
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