Micromanipulation, communication and swarm intelligence issues in a swarm microrobotic platform

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 789-804

  Valdastri, P ^a   Corradi, P ^a   Menciassi, A ^a   Schmickl, T ^b   Crailsheim, K ^b   Seyfried, J ^c   Dario, P ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrostatic grasping; Electrostatic releasing; Microrobotics; Optical communication; Swarm intelligence

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ELECTROSTATICS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

ELECTROSTATIC GRASPING; ELECTROSTATIC RELEASING; MICROROBOTICS; SWARM INTELLIGENCE;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33748482588     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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