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Pogobot: an Open-Source, Low-Cost Robot for Swarm Robotics and Programmable Active Matter

Alessia Loi,Loona Macabre,Jeremy Fersula,Keivan Amini,L. Cazenille,Fabien Caura,Alexandre Guerre,St'ephane Gourichon,Laurent Fabre,Olivier Dauchot,Nicolas Bredèche

Published 2025 in Unknown venue

ABSTRACT

This paper describes the Pogobot, an open-source platform specifically designed for research at the interface of swarm robotics and active matter. Pogobot features vibration-based or wheel-based locomotion, fast infrared communication, and an array of sensors in a cost-effective package (approx. 250euros/unit). The platform's modular design, comprehensive API, and extensible architecture facilitate the implementation of swarm intelligence algorithms and collective motion. Pogobots offer an accessible alternative to existing platforms while providing advanced capabilities including directional communication between units and fast locomotion, all with a compact form factor. More than 200 Pogobots are already being used on a daily basis in several Universities to study self-organizing systems, programmable active matter, discrete reaction-diffusion-advection systems and computational models of social learning and evolution. This paper details the hardware and software architecture, communication protocols, locomotion mechanisms, and the infrastructure built around the Pogobots.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2025

  • Venue

    Unknown venue

  • Publication date

    2025-04-11

  • Fields of study

    Computer Science, Engineering

  • Identifiers
    arXiv 2504.08686
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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