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The papers behind the questions we’re working on.
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How can swarm software connect to different robots?
SwarmUS — A reference for the planned add-on Node and the boundary between swarm behavior and the host robot.
How can robots share information without a central store?
Buzz — A starting point for neighbor operations and virtual stigmergy: shared records that spread through the swarm.
When is a message worth sending?
IC3Net — A reference for the later comparison between learned communication choices and fixed sharing rules.
All references
These are reading and design references, not a list of adopted dependencies. Each entry shows how much of the source has been checked.
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001SwarmUS: An open hardware and software on-board platform for swarm robotics developmentEtienne Villemure et al. · 2022 · arXiv · preprintView details
Why it matters
Closest retrofit hardware and software system
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Add-on board; Wi-Fi; UWB; Buzz; heterogeneous robots
002Swarm-Enabling Technology for Multi-Robot SystemsMohamed Chamanbaz et al. · 2017 · Frontiers in Robotics and AI · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Retrofit and platform abstraction precedent
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Separates body; network; hardware-independent behavior
003Swarm robotics: A review from the swarm engineering perspectiveManuele Brambilla et al. · 2013 · Swarm Intelligence · reviewView details
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Defines field properties and engineering challenges
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Background and terminology
004Swarm Robotics: Past Present and FutureMarco Dorigo et al. · 2021 · Proceedings of the IEEE · reviewView details
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Modern field survey
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Landscape and open problems
005Buzz: An extensible programming language for self-organizing heterogeneous robot swarmsCarlo Pinciroli and Giovanni Beltrame · 2016 · IEEE IROS · peer-reviewed paperView details
Why it matters
Core virtual-stigmergy precedent
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Swarm abstraction; neighbors; virtual stigmergy
006A Tuple Space for Data Sharing in Robot SwarmsCarlo Pinciroli; Adam Lee-Brown; Giovanni Beltrame · 2016 · EAI Endorsed Transactions on Collaborative Computing · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Virtual-stigmergy data semantics
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Merge and propagation design
007Epidemic Algorithms for Replicated Database MaintenanceAlan Demers et al. · 1987 · ACM PODC · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Foundational gossip dissemination
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Eventual propagation and duplicate-cost reference
008Learning Multiagent Communication with BackpropagationSainbayar Sukhbaatar et al. · 2016 · NeurIPS · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Foundational differentiable communication
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Learned messaging baseline family
009Learning to Communicate with Deep Multi-Agent Reinforcement LearningJakob Foerster et al. · 2016 · NeurIPS · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Discrete learned messages with centralized training
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RIAL and DIAL baseline family
010Learning When to Communicate at Scale in Multiagent Cooperative and Competitive TasksAmanpreet Singh et al. · 2019 · ICLR · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Learned communication gate
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Direct send-or-silence baseline
011Learning Attentional Communication for Multi-Agent CooperationJiechuan Jiang and Zongqing Lu · 2018 · NeurIPS · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Attention-triggered communication groups
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Dynamic local group precedent
012TarMAC: Targeted Multi-Agent CommunicationAbhishek Das et al. · 2019 · ICML · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Learns what and whom to communicate
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Recipient-selection baseline family
013Learning to Schedule Communication in Multi-agent Reinforcement LearningDaewoo Kim et al. · 2019 · ICLR · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Limited shared-medium scheduling
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Bandwidth scheduler baseline
014Learning Efficient Multi-agent Communication: An Information Bottleneck ApproachRundong Wang et al. · 2020 · ICML · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Limited-bandwidth compact messages and scheduler
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Strong communication-efficiency comparator
015Event-Triggered Communication Network With Limited-Bandwidth Constraint for Multi-Agent Reinforcement LearningGuangzheng Hu et al. · 2021 · IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Event-triggered learned communication
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Strong send-or-silence comparator
016Learning Structured Communication for Multi-Agent Reinforcement LearningJunjie Sheng et al. · 2023 · Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Dynamic hierarchical learned graph
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Direct dynamic-hierarchy overlap
017Learning to Communicate: A Machine Learning Framework for Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Robotic SystemsShih-Yun Lo et al. · 2018 · arXiv · preprintView details
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Communication included in robot action space
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Direct joint-action overlap
018Specializing Inter-Agent Communication in Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning using Agent Class InformationTristan C. Walker et al. · 2020 · arXiv · preprintView details
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Class-conditioned message transformations
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Direct role and capability overlap
019Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Emergent RolesTonghan Wang et al. · 2020 · ICML · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Dynamic learned role representations
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Role-conditioning reference
020A Formal Analysis and Taxonomy of Task Allocation in Multi-Robot SystemsBrian P. Gerkey and Maja J. Mataric · 2004 · International Journal of Robotics Research · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Formal MRTA classification
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Defines initial task problem
021A comprehensive taxonomy for multi-robot task allocationG. Ayorkor Korsah et al. · 2013 · International Journal of Robotics Research · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Extended MRTA classification
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Capability and temporal task dimensions
022Consensus-Based Decentralized Auctions for Robust Task AllocationHan-Lim Choi et al. · 2009 · IEEE Transactions on Robotics · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Decentralized bids and conflict resolution
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Strong non-learning task baseline
023ALLIANCE: An architecture for fault tolerant multirobot cooperationLynne E. Parker · 1998 · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Adaptive heterogeneous task selection
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Resilience and heterogeneity reference
024Energy-Efficient Communication Protocol for Wireless Microsensor NetworksWendi Rabiner Heinzelman et al. · 2000 · HICSS · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Rotating cluster-head precedent
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Historical motivation only; assumptions differ
025In Search of an Understandable Consensus AlgorithmDiego Ongaro and John Ousterhout · 2014 · USENIX ATC · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Terms votes and election safety
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Conceptual protocol reference not drop-in solution
026ARGoS: a modular multi-engine simulator for heterogeneous swarm roboticsCarlo Pinciroli et al. · 2011 · IEEE IROS · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Large heterogeneous swarm simulation
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Primary simulator candidate
027ROS2SWARM - A ROS 2 Package for Swarm Robot BehaviorsTanja Katharina Kaiser et al. · 2022 · IEEE ICRA · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Reusable behavior and sensor abstraction
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Integration reference
028Crazyswarm: A Large Nano-Quadcopter SwarmJames A. Preiss et al. · 2017 · IEEE ICRA · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Physical aerial swarm research stack
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Reproducibility and radio measurement reference
029The Robotarium: A remotely accessible swarm robotics research testbedDaniel Pickem et al. · 2017 · IEEE ICRA · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Remote physical multi-robot validation
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Potential external validation venue
030TensorFlow Lite Micro: Embedded Machine Learning for TinyML SystemsRobert David et al. · 2021 · MLSys · peer-reviewed paperView details
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Embedded inference runtime and constraints
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Deployment reference
031ESP32-S3 Series DatasheetEspressif Systems · current · Espressif Systems · manufacturer datasheetView details
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Primary MCU and radio capability source
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Board requirements and measured validation plan
032ESP-NOW FAQEspressif Systems · current · Espressif Systems · manufacturer documentationView details
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Peer payload and reference-throughput constraints
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Transport candidate not mesh proof
033SX1262 product documentationSemtech · current · Semtech · manufacturer documentationView details
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Candidate sub-GHz daughterboard radio
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Requirements and regulatory study
034DW3110 product documentationQorvo · current · Qorvo · manufacturer documentationView details
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Candidate UWB daughterboard
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Relative ranging experiments
035A Local Information Aggregation based Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Robot Swarm Dynamic Task AllocationYang Lv et al. · 2024 · arXiv · preprintView details
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Local aggregation plus MARL task allocation
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Recent direct comparator