Mixed species flocking for heterogeneous robotic swarms

EUROCON 2007 - The International Conference on Computer as a Tool

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2329-2336

  Momen, Sifat ^a   Amavasai, Bala P ^a   Siddique, Nazmul H ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flocking; Mixed species flocking heterospecific attraction; Swarm robotics

Indexed keywords

FLOW SIMULATION; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

HIGHLY EFFICIENT; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MIXED SPECIES; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS; NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS; REAL-TIME STRATEGY (RTS) GAMES; ROBOTIC SWARMS; SINGLE SPECIES; TRAFFIC PATTERNS;

MODAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 46149103455     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EURCON.2007.4400455     Document Type: Conference Paper

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