Anti-Swarming from the Swarm Robotics Perspective

This study represents the first known attempt to formulate a template for a complete anti-swarming strategy that can be employed against adversary robotic swarms. This research is important as swarm robotics technology will be widely available in the near future and it would be naïve to assume that this highly capable technology exclusively will be employed in “constructive contexts”. The proposed strategy was devised by means of the Grounded Theory Method and building on state-of-the-art methods, which have been successfully employed against destructive natural swarms. A series of future directions of research and activities, which ensure that required safeguards can be implemented are also proposed.