Cooperative transport by ants and robots

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-101

  Kube, C Ronald ^a   Bonabeau, Eric ^b  

^a SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; POSITION CONTROL; ROBOTICS;

COLLECTIVE ROBOTICS; COOPERATIVE TRANSPORT; SWARM ROBOTICS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0033873042     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(99)00066-4     Document Type: Article

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