Multi-robot cooperation in the MARTHA project

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-47

  Alami, R ^a,b,c   Fleury, S ^a   Herrb, M ^a   Ingrand, F ^a,b,d,e   Robert, F ^a,c,f,g  

^a LAAS CNRS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^f LAAS/CNRS ^*  (France)

^g European ESPRIT III Project MARTHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; CONTROL; MANAGEMENT; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

MULTI-ROBOT COOPERATION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 0032023320     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/100.667325     Document Type: Article

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