Collective robotic site preparation

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-19

  Parker, Chris A C ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Center for Intelligent Mining Systems   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collective robotics; Construction; Site preparation; Swarm

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; LEPTOTHORAX ALBIPENNIS;

EID: 33646469423     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: 17412633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105971230601400101     Document Type: Article

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