A review of studies in swarm robotics

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-147

  Bayindir, Levent ^a   Şahin, Erol ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SCALABILITY; TAXONOMIES;

FLEXIBILITY; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS; SWARM ROBOTICS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 34547188632     PISSN: 13000632     EISSN: 13036203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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