Using virtual pheromones and cameras for dispersing a team of multiple miniature robots

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 307-321

  Pearce, Janice L ^a   Powers, Bob ^a   Hess, Chistopher ^a   Rybski, Paul E ^b   Stoeter, Sascha A ^b   Papanikolopoulos, Nikolaos ^b  

^a BEREA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Distributed robotics; Miniature robotics; Mobile robots

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); MOBILE ROBOTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPACE SURVEILLANCE;

MINIATURE ROBOTICS; PHEROMONE PERSISTENCE LEVELS; REPELLENT VIRTUAL PHEROMONES; SWIFT GATHERING;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33746100351     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-006-9038-4     Document Type: Article

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