Self-organisation and communication in groups of simulated and physical robots

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-231

  Trianni, Vito ^a   Dorigo, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Evolutionary robotics; Self organisation; Swarm intelligence; Swarm robotics; Swarm bot

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); VIRTUAL REALITY;

EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS; SELF-ORGANISATION; SWARM INTELLIGENCE; SWARM ROBOTICS; SWARM-BOT;

ROBOTS;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; INSECT; INSTRUMENTATION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33747600389     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-006-0080-x     Document Type: Article

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