Development and implementation of large-scale micro-robotic forces using formation behaviors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4364, Issue , 2001, Pages 159-168

  Dudenhoeffer, D D ^a   Bruemmer, D J ^a   Anderson, M O ^a   McKay, M D ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed Robotics; DOE; Online learning; RIM; Robot; Social potential field; Swarm behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; ROBOT LEARNING;

MICRO-ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0035759144     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.439975     Document Type: Conference Paper

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