TYOC#51/52: CoCoRo Big Vision
The Year of CoCoRo 51/52: This video shows the initial "big vision" trailer that we produced at the beginning of the project. It shows the basic components of the robotic system that we targeted (surface station, relay chain, ground swarm) and shows how we imagined our collective of underwater robots forming coherent swarms. The video was important for us to stay focussed in the project as it ensured that all project partners shared the same target goal for their work. The video is based on a small simulator, written by us to produce this video. However the simulator grew into a much more important tool: During the project this initial simulator was extended into a very useful simulator (including underwater physics with fluid dynamics) for simulating underwater swarms. It was used in evolutionary computation to find good shoaling behavior for our robots. Next week we will publish our final video in "THE YEAR OF COCORO" to show the whole system implemented on real underwater robots in a comparable setting and to show how our initial vision became reality.