Modeling multiple robot systems for area coverage and cooperation

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 2568-2573

  Tan, Jindong ^a   Xi, Ning ^b   Sheng, Weihua ^c   Xiao, Jizhong ^d  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSORS;

AREA COVERAGE; FORMATION CONTROL; MULTIPLE ROBOT SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 3042629804     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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