Using sensor morphology for multirobot formations

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-282

  Kaminka, Gal A ^a   Schechter Glick, Ruti ^a   Sadov, Vladimir ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coordinated movement; Mobile robots; Multirobot formations; Multirobot systems

Indexed keywords

CONTROL EQUIPMENT; GRAPH THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS;

MULTIROBOT FORMATION; MULTIROBOT SYSTEM;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 42549106477     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2008.918054     Document Type: Article

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