Mobile micro-robots ready to use: Alice

This paper presents the latest developments around our mobile microrobot Alice. This small robot is the starting point driving and enabling enhancements in locomotion, energy, communication, perception and control. A set of new features and new HW modules is described. The robot itself is /spl sim/2/spl times/2/spl times/2 cm/sup 3/ and is able to move, sense, receive remote commands and locally communicate with neighbor robots. Extension modules implement a long range sensor, radio communication, a linear camera and an energy pack. The current projects in biomimetic, collective and evolutionary robotics using this set of tools are also shortly explained.