Study of group robots adaptively forming a mechanical structure (Effect of mechanical properties of cellular robots on structure formation)

JSME International Journal, Series C: Mechanical Systems, Machine Elements and Manufacturing

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-133

  Inou, Norio ^a   Fukushima, Shigeki ^a   Shimotai, Naoko ^b   Ujihashi, Sadayuki ^a  

^a Dept Mech and Environ Inforamtics ^*  (Japan)

^b CANON INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial Life; Autonomous Distributed Systems; Emergent System; Group Robots; Self Organization

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROCOMPUTERS; STRESSES;

AUTONOMOUS DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; EMERGENT SYSTEM; GROUP ROBOTS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURE;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 0034155637     PISSN: 13447653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmec.43.127     Document Type: Article

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