A prey catching and predator avoidance neural-schema architecture for single and multiple robots

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-233

  Weitzenfeld, Alfredo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Behaviors; Biologically inspired robotics; Biorobotics; Neural networks; Predator avoidance; Prey catching; Schemas; Swarms

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED ROBOTICS; BIOROBOTICS; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREY CATCHING; SWARMS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 38349028599     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-007-9183-4     Document Type: Article

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