# On Steering Swarms

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a new method for externally controlling swarms of identical agents using simple broadcast signals based on the average location, without needing individual agent communication or location data.

## Contribution

It presents a novel approach enabling external steering of indistinguishable agents through global signals derived from the swarm's average position.

## Key findings

- Effective external control of swarms demonstrated
- No individual agent communication required
- Works despite agents lacking absolute location information

## Abstract

The main contribution of this paper is a novel method allowing an external observer/controller to steer and guide swarms of identical and indistinguishable agents, in spite of the agents' lack of information on absolute location and orientation. Importantly, this is done via simple global broadcast signals, based on the observed average swarm location, with no need to send control signals to any specific agent in the swarm.