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--- abstract: |- This paper explores the idea that it may be possible to combine two ideas – UAV flocking, and wireless cluster computing – in a single system, the UltraSwarm. The possible advantages of such a system are considered, and solutions to some of the technical problems are identified. Initial work on constructing such a system based around miniature electric helicopters is described. altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: 8th-10th June 2005 conference: IEEE SwarmIntelligence Simposium 2005. (SIS2005) confloc: Pasadena (CA) contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Holland given: Owen honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Woods given: John honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: De Nardi given: Renzo honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Clarck given: Adrian honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2005 date_type: published datestamp: 2007-05-28 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/55/72 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: - family: ' Arabshahi' given: P. honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Martinoli given: A. honourific: '' lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 5572 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/5572/1/SIS2005copyright.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'Mobile - Wireless Communications, Miniature helicopter, Swarm Robotics' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:51 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: ~ pubdom: FALSE publication: ~ publisher: IEEE refereed: TRUE referencetext: | Reynolds, C. W. (1987) Flocks, Herds, and Schools: A Distributed Behavioral Model, Computer Graphics, 21(4) (SIGGRAPH '87 Conference Proceedings) pages 25-34. Haihong Zheng, Rajkumar Buyya and Sourav Bhattacharya (1999) Mobile Cluster Computing and Timeliness Issues, Informatica, 23: 1 1999 A.F.T.Winfield and O.E.Holland (2000) The application of wireless local area network technology to the control of mobile robots, Microprocessors and Microsystems, 23: 10, pp 597-607 De Nardi, R. (2004) Flocking of UAVs: Software model and limited vision simulations. Tesi di Laurea, Dipartimento Di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Universita degli Studi di Padova. Welsby J and Melhuish C. (2001) Autonomous Minimalist Following in Three Dimensions: A Study with Small Scale Dirigibles. Proceedings of Towards Intelligent Mobile Robots (TIMR). Technical Report Series, Manchester University, Department of Computer Science. S.Feldmann, K Kyamakya,A Zapater, and Z Lue. An Indoor Bluetooth-Based Positioning System: Concept, Implementation and Experimental Evaluation. International Conference on Wireless Networks 2003: 109-113 W.Z. Stepniewsky and C.N. Keys (1984) Rotarywing aerodynamics. Dover Publications Wayne Johnson (1994) Helicopter theory. Dover Publications. Brogan D.C. and Hodgins J.K. (1997) Group behaviours for systems with significant dynamics. Autonomous Robots 4.1 pp. 137-153 C.J. Cutts and J.R. Speakman, (1994) Energy savings in formation flight of pink-footed geese. Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 189, pp. 251-261 relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 12 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 17:10:45 subjects: - comp-sci-robot succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: 'Beyond swarm intelligence: The Ultraswarm' type: confpaper userid: 7072 volume: ~