Small-scale robot formation movement using a simple on-board relative positioning system

Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2008, Pages 297-306

  Pugh, Jim ^a   Martinoli, Alcherio ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ROBOTICS;

MULTI-ROBOT FORMATION CONTROL; ON-BOARD RELATIVE POSITIONING SYSTEM; ROBOTIC PLATFORM; SMALL-SCALE ROBOT FORMATION MOVEMENT; VIRTUAL SIMULATOR;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 38949125842     PISSN: 16107438     EISSN: 1610742X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77457-0_28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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