A Study on Various Task-Work Allocation Algorithms in Swarm Robotics

Abstract

This paper discusses the various task allocation algorithms that have been researched, analyzed, and used in swarm robotics. The main reason for switching over to swarm robotics from ordinary mobile robots is because of its ability to perform complex tasks co-operatively with other bots rather than individually. Furthermore, they can be scaled to perform any kind of tasks. To carry out tasks like foraging, surveying and other such tasks that require swarm intelligence, task allocation plays an important role. It is the crux of the entire system and plays a huge role in the success of the implementation of swarm robotics. Few algorithms that address this task allocation have been briefly discussed here.