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MiMicS: a multi-robot simulator for teaching, rapid prototyping and large scale evaluations

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Eduardo Ferrera,

Jesús Capitán,

Pedro J. MarrónAuthors Info & Claims

SAC '18: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

Pages 843 - 846

https://doi.org/10.1145/3167132.3167397

Published: 09 April 2018 Publication History

Abstract

This paper presents MiMicS, a novel multi-robot simulator for teaching, rapid algorithm prototyping and large scale evaluation. Contrary to many other solutions, this simulator provides easy-to-use methods for defining new scenarios and an intuitive system to extensively test large batteries of simulations. MiMicS also incorporates a simple but efficient multi-thread and timing control mechanism. This reduces the need to use highly powerful computers to run long-term executions, alleviating problems caused by busy CPUs that can jeopardize the results of a simulation. The paper reviews the current state of the art on multi-robot simulators, describes the architecture and features of MiMicS, and evaluates its performance.

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Bertrand S(2024)SETCMAS: An Easy-to-Use Software Stack to Facilitate Simulations and Experiments in Teaching Control of Multi-Agent Systems2024 European Control Conference (ECC)10.23919/ECC64448.2024.10590882(2672-2677)Online publication date: 25-Jun-2024
https://doi.org/10.23919/ECC64448.2024.10590882

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MiMicS: a multi-robot simulator for teaching, rapid prototyping and large scale evaluations

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SAC '18: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

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DOI:10.1145/3167132

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Bertrand S(2024)SETCMAS: An Easy-to-Use Software Stack to Facilitate Simulations and Experiments in Teaching Control of Multi-Agent Systems2024 European Control Conference (ECC)10.23919/ECC64448.2024.10590882(2672-2677)Online publication date: 25-Jun-2024
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