Collective inspection of regular structures using a swarm of miniature robots

Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics

Volumn 21, Issue , 2006, Pages 375-386

  Correll, Nikolaus ^a   Martinoli, Alcherio ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; INSPECTION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL ALGORITHMS; ENGINEERED STRUCTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRIC DETAILS; PREDICTION ACCURACY; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; ROBOT INTERACTIONS;

SWARM INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 33845396336     PISSN: 16107438     EISSN: 1610742X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11552246_36     Document Type: Article

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