Cooperative search algorithm for distributed autonomous robots

2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 394-399

  Cheng, Chee Kong ^a   Leng, Gerard ^b  

^a DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Distributed control; Multi robot systems; Search; Swarm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORS;

COOPERATIVE SEARCH ALGORITHM; DISTRIBUTED AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS; SWARMS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 14044270208     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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