Swarm Robotics

Heiko Hamann has been a professor for Cyber-physical Systems at the University of Konstanz, Germany and a member of the "Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour" in Konstanz in 2022. Before he was a professor at the University of Luebeck and the University of Paderborn (both Germany). His main research interests are swarm robotics, bio-hybrid systems, evolutionary robotics, and modeling of complex systems. He is developing innovative methods to govern the ever-increasing complexity of engineered systems using novel applications of tools from physics, mathematics, chemistry, and biology. He has taught courses on swarm robotics, mobile robotics, and evolutionary robotics for more than ten years. With more than 130 peer-reviewed publications at international conferences and international journals he is a well-recognized researcher in swarm robotics and related fields. He enjoys working in multi-disciplinary teams with ethologists, plant biologists, architects, and psychologists. Heiko Hamann is editor-in-chief of the Swarm Intelligence Journal since 2023.

• Introduction to Swarm Robotics.- Short Introduction to Robotics.- Short Journey Through Nearly Everything.- Scenarios of Swarm Robotics.- Modeling Swarm Systems and Formal Design Methods.- Collective Decision-Making.- Case Study: Adaptive Aggregation.- References.- Index.