Local communication of multiple mobile robots: Design of group behavior for efficient communication

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 759-779

  Yoshida, Echi ^a   Arai, Tamio ^b   Ota, Jun ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS;

LOCAL COMMUNICATION; MULTIPLE MOBILE ROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 3342985910     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855398X00325     Document Type: Article

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