
Université de Lorraine
1.
Fernández Pérez, Iñaki.
Distributed Embodied Evolutionary Adaptation of Behaviors in Swarms of Robotic Agents : Adaptation de comportements par évolution incarnée et distribuée dans des essaims d'agents robotiques.
Degree: Docteur es, Informatique, 2017, Université de Lorraine
URL: http://www.theses.fr/2017LORR0300
► Les essaims de robots sont des systèmes composés d’un grand nombre de robots relativement simples. Du fait du grand nombre d’unités, ces systèmes ont de…
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▼ Les essaims de robots sont des systèmes composés d’un grand nombre de robots relativement simples. Du fait du grand nombre d’unités, ces systèmes ont de bonnes propriétés de robustesse et de passage à l’échelle. Néanmoins, il reste en général difficile de concevoir manuellement des contrôleurs pour les essaims de robots, à cause de la grande complexité des interactions inter-robot. Par conséquent, les approches automatisées pour l’apprentissage de comportements d’essaims de robots constituent une alternative attrayante. Dans cette thèse, nous étudions l’adaptation de comportements d’essaim de robots avec des méthodes de Embodied Evolutionary Robotics (EER) distribuée. Ainsi, nous fournissons trois contributions principales : (1) Nous étudions l’influence de la pression à la sélection dirigée vers une tâche dans un essaim d’agents robotiques qui utilisent une approche d’EER distribuée. Nous évaluons l’impact de différents opérateurs de sélection dans un algorithme d’EER distribuée pour un essaim de robots. Nos résultats montrent que le plus forte la pression à la sélection est, les meilleures performances sont atteintes lorsque les robots doivent s’adapter à des tâches particulières. (2) Nous étudions l’évolution de comportements collaboratifs pour une tâche de récolte d’objets dans un essaim d’agents robotiques qui utilisent une approche d’EER distribuée. Nous réalisons un ensemble d’expériences où un essaim de robots s’adapte à une tâche collaborative avec un algorithme d’EER distribuée. Nos résultats montrent que l’essaim s’adapte à résoudre la tâche, et nous identifions des limitations concernant le choix d’action. (3) Nous proposons et validons expérimentalement un mécanisme complètement distribué pour adapter la structure des neurocontrôleurs des robots dans un essaim qui utilise une approche d’EER distribuée, ce qui permettrait aux neurocontrôleurs d’augmenter leur expressivité. Nos expériences montrent que notre mécanisme, qui est complètement décentralisé, fournit des résultats similaires à un mécanisme qui dépend d’une information globale
Robot swarms are systems composed of a large number of rather simple robots. Due to the large number of units, these systems, have good properties concerning robustness and scalability, among others. However, it remains generally difficult to design controllers for such robotic systems, particularly due to the complexity of inter-robot interactions. Consequently, automatic approaches to synthesize behavior in robot swarms are a compelling alternative. In this thesis, we focus on online behavior adaptation in a swarm of robots using distributed Embodied Evolutionary Robotics (EER) methods. To this end, we provide three main contributions: (1) We investigate the influence of task-driven selection pressure in a swarm of robotic agents using a distributed EER approach. We evaluate the impact of a range of selection pressure strength on the performance of a distributed EER algorithm. The results show that the stronger the task-driven selection pressure, the better the…
Advisors/Committee Members: Charpillet, François (thesis director), Boumaza, Amine (thesis director).
Subjects/Keywords: Robotique Évolutionaire en Essaim; Adaptation en Ligne; Neuroévolution; Evolutionary Swarm Robotics; Online Adaptation; Neuroevolution; 006.3
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Fernández Pérez, I. (2017). Distributed Embodied Evolutionary Adaptation of Behaviors in Swarms of Robotic Agents : Adaptation de comportements par évolution incarnée et distribuée dans des essaims d'agents robotiques. (Doctoral Dissertation). Université de Lorraine. Retrieved from http://www.theses.fr/2017LORR0300
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Fernández Pérez, Iñaki. “Distributed Embodied Evolutionary Adaptation of Behaviors in Swarms of Robotic Agents : Adaptation de comportements par évolution incarnée et distribuée dans des essaims d'agents robotiques.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Université de Lorraine. Accessed January 17, 2021.
http://www.theses.fr/2017LORR0300.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Fernández Pérez, Iñaki. “Distributed Embodied Evolutionary Adaptation of Behaviors in Swarms of Robotic Agents : Adaptation de comportements par évolution incarnée et distribuée dans des essaims d'agents robotiques.” 2017. Web. 17 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Fernández Pérez I. Distributed Embodied Evolutionary Adaptation of Behaviors in Swarms of Robotic Agents : Adaptation de comportements par évolution incarnée et distribuée dans des essaims d'agents robotiques. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Université de Lorraine; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 17].
Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2017LORR0300.
Council of Science Editors:
Fernández Pérez I. Distributed Embodied Evolutionary Adaptation of Behaviors in Swarms of Robotic Agents : Adaptation de comportements par évolution incarnée et distribuée dans des essaims d'agents robotiques. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Université de Lorraine; 2017. Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2017LORR0300

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
2.
BRUNO JOSÉ OLIVIERI DE SOUZA.
[en] AN APPROACH FOR MOVEMENT COORDINATION OF SWARMS OF
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES USING MOBILE NETWORKS.
Degree: 2016, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
URL: http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=27092
► [pt] Esta dissertação apresenta uma abordagem para a coordenação de enxames de Veículos Aéreos Não Tripulados (VANT), baseada na comunicação via Internet provida pelas redes…
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▼ [pt] Esta dissertação apresenta uma abordagem para a
coordenação de enxames de Veículos Aéreos Não Tripulados (VANT),
baseada na comunicação via Internet provida pelas redes de
telefonia móvel. Um grande número de atividades pode ser coberto
com uma missão conjunta de VANTs voando em formação, como a
vigilância e monitoramento de grandes eventos, tarefas de busca e
salvamento, controle de pestes agrárias, fiscalização e conservação
florestal, inspeção de oleodutos e redes de distribuição elétrica
ou mesmo em missões militares de ataque e reconhecimento. A
coordenação de enxame de VANTs pode ser fatorada na comunicação
entre os membros do enxame e o algoritmo de controle e
interrelacionamento entre os membros. A solução proposta consiste
no uso de smartphones acoplados a VANTs capazes de prover o nível
necessário de comunicação confiável sobre a Internet móvel, e
processar o algoritmo proposto para a coordenação dos enxames de
VANTs. Experimentos foram feitos através da emulação de VANTs e
redes de dados de telefonia que demostraram a eficácia do algoritmo
proposto e analisam o impacto da latência de rede e da velocidade
dos VANTs sobre a precisão da coordenação de movimento de
enxames.
[en] This work presents an approach to coordinate
swarms of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) based on Internet
communication provided by mobile phone networks. Several activities
can be done by several UAVs flying in formation, such as
surveillance and monitoring of mass events, search and rescue
tasks, control of agricultural pests, monitoring and forest
conservation, inspection of pipelines and electricity distribution
networks or even military attack and recognition missions.
Coordination of UAVs swarm can be branch in two sub-problems:
communication between members of the swarm and the algorithm that
controls members behaviors regarding their movements. The proposed
solution assumes the use of a smartphone coupled with each UAV of
the swarm, in order to provide the required level of reliable
communication on the mobile Internet and run the proposed algorithm
for the coordination of swarms of UAVs. Experiments were performed
with emulated UAVs and WAN mobile networks. The results have
demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, and have
shown the influence of the network latency and the UAV speeds on
the accuracy of the movement coordination in the
swarms.
Advisors/Committee Members: MARKUS ENDLER.
Subjects/Keywords: [pt] REDES MOVEIS; [en] MOBILE NETWORKS; [pt] INFORMATICA; [en] COMPUTER SCIENCE; [pt] DRONE; [pt] VEICULO AEREO NAO TRIPULADO; [en] UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE; [pt] COORDENACAO DE ENXAME; [en] SWARM COORDINATION; [pt] ROBO VOADOR; [en] FLYING ROBOT; [pt] PUBLICADOR ASSINANTE; [en] PUBLISH SUBSCRIBE
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APA (6th Edition):
SOUZA, B. J. O. D. (2016). [en] AN APPROACH FOR MOVEMENT COORDINATION OF SWARMS OF
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES USING MOBILE NETWORKS. (Thesis). Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved from http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=27092
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
SOUZA, BRUNO JOSÉ OLIVIERI DE. “[en] AN APPROACH FOR MOVEMENT COORDINATION OF SWARMS OF
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES USING MOBILE NETWORKS.” 2016. Thesis, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Accessed January 17, 2021.
http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=27092.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
SOUZA, BRUNO JOSÉ OLIVIERI DE. “[en] AN APPROACH FOR MOVEMENT COORDINATION OF SWARMS OF
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES USING MOBILE NETWORKS.” 2016. Web. 17 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
SOUZA BJOD. [en] AN APPROACH FOR MOVEMENT COORDINATION OF SWARMS OF
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES USING MOBILE NETWORKS. [Internet] [Thesis]. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 17].
Available from: http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=27092.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
SOUZA BJOD. [en] AN APPROACH FOR MOVEMENT COORDINATION OF SWARMS OF
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES USING MOBILE NETWORKS. [Thesis]. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; 2016. Available from: http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=27092
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
3.
BRUNO JOSÉ OLIVIERI DE SOUZA.
[en] FLIGHT COORDINATION APPROACHES OF UAV SQUADS FOR WSN
DATA COLLECTION.
Degree: 2019, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
URL: http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=38572
► [pt] Redes de sensores sem fio (WSN) são uma importante alternativa na coleta de dados em diversas situações, tais como no monitoramento de grandes áreas…
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▼ [pt] Redes de sensores sem fio (WSN) são uma
importante alternativa na coleta de dados em diversas situações,
tais como no monitoramento de grandes áreas ou áreas que apresentem
perigo. A recuperação de dados de WSNs é uma importante atividade
que pode obter melhores resultados com o uso de veículos aéreos não
tripulados (UAV) como, por exemplo, em relação ao aumento da
quantidade de dados coletados e diminuição do tempo entre a coleta
dos dados e seu uso. Em particular, áreas tomadas por desastres
podem ficar sem recursos de comunicação e com grande risco residual
para humanos, momento no qual uma WSN pode ser rapidamente lançada
por via aérea e atuar na coleta de dados relevantes até que medidas
pertinentes e dedicadas possam ser colocadas em ação. Estudos
apresentam abordagens no uso de UAVs para coleta dos dados de WSN,
focando principalmente na otimização do caminho a ser percorrido
por um único UAV e se baseando em uma comunicação de longo alcance
sempre disponível, não explorando a possibilidade da utilização de
diversos UAVs ou à limitação do alcance da comunicação. Neste
trabalho apresentamos o DADCA, uma abordagem distribuída escalável
capaz de coordenadar grupos de UAVs na coleta de dados de WSN sob
restrições de alcance de comunicação, sem fazer uso de técnicas de
otimização. Resultados indicam que a quantidade de dados coletados
pelo DADCA é semelhante ou superior, em até 1 porcento, a
abordagens de otimização de caminhos percorridos por UAVs. O atraso
no recebimento de mensagens de sensores é até 46 porcento menor do
que outras abordagens e o processamento necessário a bordo de UAVs
é no mínimo menor do que 75 porcento do que aqueles que utilizam
algoritmos baseados em otimização. Os resultados apresentados
indicam que o DADCA é capaz de igualar e até superar outras
abordagens apresentadas, agregando vantagens de uma abordagem
distribuída.
[en] Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are an important
means of collecting data in a variety of situations, such as
monitoring large or hazardous areas. The retrieval of WSN data can
yield better results with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs), for example, concerning the increase in the amount of
collected data and decrease in the time between the collection and
use of the data. In particular, disaster areas may be left without
communication resources and with great residual risk to humans, at
which point a WSN can be quickly launched by air to collect
relevant data until other measures can be put in place. Some
studies present approaches to the use of UAVs for the collection of
WSN data, focusing mainly on optimizing the path to be covered by a
single UAV and relying on long-range communication that is always
available; these studies do not explore the possibility of using
several UAVs or the limitations on the range of communication. This
work describes DADCA, a distributed scalable approach capable of
coordinating groups of UAVs in WSN data collection with restricted
communication range and without the use of optimization techniques.
The results show…
Advisors/Committee Members: MARKUS ENDLER.
Subjects/Keywords: [pt] COLETA DE DADOS; [en] DATA RETRIEVAL; [pt] REDES DE SENSORES SEM FIO; [en] WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK; [pt] VEICULO AEREO NAO TRIPULADO; [en] UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE; [pt] ALGORITMO DISTRIBUIDO; [en] DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHM; [pt] ENXAME; [en] SWARM
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APA (6th Edition):
SOUZA, B. J. O. D. (2019). [en] FLIGHT COORDINATION APPROACHES OF UAV SQUADS FOR WSN
DATA COLLECTION. (Thesis). Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved from http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=38572
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
SOUZA, BRUNO JOSÉ OLIVIERI DE. “[en] FLIGHT COORDINATION APPROACHES OF UAV SQUADS FOR WSN
DATA COLLECTION.” 2019. Thesis, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Accessed January 17, 2021.
http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=38572.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
SOUZA, BRUNO JOSÉ OLIVIERI DE. “[en] FLIGHT COORDINATION APPROACHES OF UAV SQUADS FOR WSN
DATA COLLECTION.” 2019. Web. 17 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
SOUZA BJOD. [en] FLIGHT COORDINATION APPROACHES OF UAV SQUADS FOR WSN
DATA COLLECTION. [Internet] [Thesis]. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 17].
Available from: http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=38572.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
SOUZA BJOD. [en] FLIGHT COORDINATION APPROACHES OF UAV SQUADS FOR WSN
DATA COLLECTION. [Thesis]. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; 2019. Available from: http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=38572
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
4.
Cambier, Nicolas.
Bio-inspired collective exploration and cultural organisation : Exploration collective bio-inspirée et organisation culturelle.
Degree: Docteur es, Informatique : Unité de recherche Heudyasic (UMR-7253), 2019, Compiègne
URL: http://www.theses.fr/2019COMP2511
► Les systèmes autonomes sont récemment devenus une solution efficace pour des applications telles que l'exploration et la surveillance d'environnements. Dans ces situations, l'utilisation de plusieurs…
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▼ Les systèmes autonomes sont récemment devenus une solution efficace pour des applications telles que l'exploration et la surveillance d'environnements. Dans ces situations, l'utilisation de plusieurs robots pourrait améliorer l'efficacité des solutions proposées, bien que cela nécessite des stratégies d'organisation qui soient à la fois robuste, flexible et adaptables à la taille de la flotte de robots. En robotique en essaim, ces qualités sont assurées par la décentralisation, la redondance (plusieurs/tous les robots effectuent la même tâche), des interactions locales et des règles simples. Les interactions et communications locales sont une composante clef de la robotique en essaim. Jusqu'ici, la communication n'a été utilisée que pour des tâches relativement simples, tels que signaler les préférences ou l'état d'un robot. Cependant, la communication peut être bien plus riche et similaire aux langages humains. Dans ces conditions, elle permettrait aux essaims de robots de gérer de nouvelles situations qui ne seraient pas prévues par leurs concepteurs. De riches communications sont donc nécessaires pour obtenir des essaims entièrement autonomes, en particulier dans des environnements inconnus. Dans cette thèse, nous proposons une approche pour faire émerger des communications riches dans des essaims de robots en utilisant les jeux de langages comme protocole de communication et l'agrégation probabiliste comme cas d'étude. L'agrégation probabiliste est un prérequis pour de nombreuses tâches en robotique en essaim mais elle est aussi extrêmement sensible aux conditions expérimentales. Elle requiert donc un réglage spécifique de ses paramètres pour chaque nouvelle condition, y compris les changements d'échelle ou de densité. Avec notre approche, nous avons observé que l'exécution simultanée du jeu de nommage et de l'agrégation mène, dans certaines conditions, à un nouveau comportement d'agglomération en plusieurs groupes, chacun avec son propre nom, qui est contrôlable via les paramètres de l'agrégation. En poussant ces interactions plus loin, nous démontrons que les dynamiques sociales du jeu de nommage peuvent sélectionner des paramètres d'agrégation efficaces. Cette sélection culturelle crée donc des contrôleurs résilients, qui évoluent en-ligne en fonction du contexte courant.
Automatically-controlled artificial systems have recently been used in numerous settings including environmental monitoring and explorations, with great success. In such cases, the use of multiple robots could increase efficiency, although we should ensure that their communication and organisation strategies are robust, exible, and scalable. These qualities can be ensured through decentralisation, redundancy (many/all robots perform the same task), local interaction, and simplistic rules, as is the case in swarm robotics. One of the key components of swarm robotics is local interaction or communication. The later has, so far, only been used for relatively simple tasks such as signalling a robot's preference or state. However, communication…
Advisors/Committee Members: Frémont, Vincent (thesis director).
Subjects/Keywords: Robotique en essaims; Agrégation; Bio-inspiration; Jeux de langage; Jeux de nommage; Evolution des communications; Evolution culturelle; Auto-organisation; Swarm robotics; Self-organised aggregation; Bio-inspiration; Language games; Naming game; Evolution of communication; Cultural evolution; Self-organisation
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APA (6th Edition):
Cambier, N. (2019). Bio-inspired collective exploration and cultural organisation : Exploration collective bio-inspirée et organisation culturelle. (Doctoral Dissertation). Compiègne. Retrieved from http://www.theses.fr/2019COMP2511
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Cambier, Nicolas. “Bio-inspired collective exploration and cultural organisation : Exploration collective bio-inspirée et organisation culturelle.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, Compiègne. Accessed January 17, 2021.
http://www.theses.fr/2019COMP2511.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Cambier, Nicolas. “Bio-inspired collective exploration and cultural organisation : Exploration collective bio-inspirée et organisation culturelle.” 2019. Web. 17 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Cambier N. Bio-inspired collective exploration and cultural organisation : Exploration collective bio-inspirée et organisation culturelle. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Compiègne; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 17].
Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2019COMP2511.
Council of Science Editors:
Cambier N. Bio-inspired collective exploration and cultural organisation : Exploration collective bio-inspirée et organisation culturelle. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Compiègne; 2019. Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2019COMP2511