Robust multirobot coordination in dynamic environments

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 3435-3442

  Dias, M Bernardine ^a   Zinck, Marc ^a   Zlot, Robert ^a   Stentz, Anthony ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication failures; Dynamic environments; Market based; Multirobot coordination; Partial malfunctions; Robot death; Robustness

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DECISION MAKING; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ROBOTICS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMMUNICATION FAILURES; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; MARKET-BASED; MULTIROBOT COORDINATION; PARTIAL MALFUNCTIONS; ROBOT DEATH;

ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

EID: 3042555946     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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