Communication in a swarm of miniature robots: The e-Puck as an educational tool for swarm robotics

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4433 LNCS, Issue , 2007, Pages 103-115

  Cianci, Christopher M ^a   Raemy, Xavier ^a   Pugh, Jim ^a   Martinoli, Alcherio ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STUDENTS;

EDUCATIONAL USE; SWARM INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; SWARM ROBOTIC CONCEPTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 38049121082     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-71541-2_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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