Robots, insects and swarm intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 255-268

  Sharkey, Amanda J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio robotics; Biological inspiration; Emergence; Social insects; Strong artificial intelligence; Swarm intelligence; Swarm robotics

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INSECT CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIOLOGICAL SWARM; BIOROBOTICS; SOCIAL INSECTS; SWARM INTELLIGENCE; SWARM ROBOTICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 38349016448     PISSN: 02692821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10462-007-9057-y     Document Type: Article

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