Distributed coordination of simulated robots based on self-organization

Artificial Life

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-311

  Baldassarre, Gianluca ^a   Parisi, Domenico ^a   Nolfi, Stefano ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collective robotics; Conformism; Genetic algorithms; Integration of behaviors; Neural networks; Physical constraints; Positive feedback; Scalability; Traction sensor

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; FEEDBACK CONTROL; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MOTION CONTROL; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROBOTICS;

COLLECTIVE ROBOTICS; INTEGRATION OF BEHAVIORS; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; SCALABILITY; TRACTION SENSOR;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; ROBOTICS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; LIGHT; MOTION; ROBOTICS;

EID: 33746801905     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: 15309185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/artl.2006.12.3.289     Document Type: Article

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