ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT220100669

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT220100669

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Swarm construction: ant-inspired processes for teams of building robots. Construction and manufacturing can be dangerous, wasteful industries—prime candidates for automation by teams of mobile robot builders. However, our understanding of how to program robots for teamwork is limited. This project aims to understand how colonies of weaver ants build complex nest structures, using novel 3D-imaging and ant tracking techniques. The anticipated outcomes of the project are i) a framework for how individual-level behaviour drives structure-level outcomes, applicable to many complex systems, and ii) novel software and hardware for robot swarms that can 3D-print structures using ant inspired teamwork strategies. Benefits of the project include new construction technologies that are safer, greener, cheaper and faster.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2023

End Date: 31-12-2026

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $805,961.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Autonomous agents and multiagent systems | Animal behaviour | Manufacturing robotics | Zoology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Animal behaviour | Autonomous agents and multiagent systems | Autonomous and Robotic Systems | Construction Processes Not Elsewhere Classified | Expanding Knowledge In the Biological Sciences | Manufacturing robotics | Zoology

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