Boby Hartanto

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Boby Hartanto is a robotics researcher whose work focuses on making swarm robotics more accessible and practical through innovative hardware-software integration. His key research areas include swarm intelligence, mobile robot coordination, and affordable robotic platforms. Hartanto's major contribution lies in democratizing swarm robotics research by developing cost-effective systems that leverage ubiquitous consumer technology. His most cited work, "Development of Affordable and Powerful Swarm Mobile Robot Based on Smartphone Android and IOIO board" (2017), demonstrates how to transform everyday smartphones into capable swarm robot nodes using the IOIO board interface. This approach significantly lowers the barrier to entry for swarm robotics experimentation, enabling researchers and students to explore multi-robot coordination without expensive specialized hardware. With 7 citations, this paper has influenced subsequent work in accessible robotics platforms. Hartanto's research addresses the fundamental challenge in swarm robotics—coordinating large numbers of autonomous robots to perform collective tasks—by providing a practical, affordable solution that makes large-scale swarm experiments feasible for laboratories with limited budgets. His work continues to inspire new approaches to democratizing advanced robotics research.