We present a swarm of autonomous flying robots for exploring unknown environments. The little robots do not create maps of their environment, but deal with obstacles on the fly. In robotics, the algorithms for this type of navigation are called /"bug algorithms/". When the robots navigate, they first fly away from the base station and later find their way back with the help of a wireless beacon.

More details about the navigation solution and the swarm of robots can be found in the following scientific article:
Minimal navigation solution for a swarm of small flying robots to explore an unknown environment, KN McGuire, C. De Wagter, K. Tuyls, H. Kappen, GCHE de Croon. Science Robotics.
https://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/4/35/eaaw9710

This research is a collaboration between the Micro Air Vehicle Lab of TU Delft (http://mavlab.tudelft.nl), the smARTLab of the University of Liverpool (http://wordpress.csc.liv.ac.uk/smartlab / ) and Radboud University (https://www.ru.nl/passengers/kap-h/).

This work was funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) grant number 656.000.006 within the Natural Artificial Intelligence program.

We greatly appreciate the support of the TU Delft Robotics Institute:
https://tudelftroboticsinstitute.nl/

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