Trophallaxis among swarm-robots: A biologically inspired strategy for swarm robotics

Proceedings of the First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2006, BioRob 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 377-382

  Schmickl, Thomas ^a   Crailsheim, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Communication; Honey bee; Swarm robotics; Trophallaxis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBOTS;

HONEY BEE; SWARM ROBOTICS; TROPHALLAXIS;

BIOCOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 33845595272     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2006.1639116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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