Ant-like task allocation and recruitment in cooperative robots

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6799, 2000, Pages 992-995

  Krieger, Michael J B ^a,b   Billeter, Jean Bernard ^c   Keller, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; INSECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROBOTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ROBOTICS;

EID: 0034738990     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35023164     Document Type: Article

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