Robotic experiments with cooperative Aerobots and underwater swarms

Robotica

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-49

  Honary, Ehsan ^a   McQuade, Frank ^a   Ward, Roger ^a   Woodrow, Ian ^b   Shaw, Andy ^a   Barnes, Dave ^c   Fyfe, Matthew ^d  

^a CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Pvt Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Beckington Castle   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SCS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobot; Collective robotics; Formation flying; Swarms; Underwater robotics

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; DATA HANDLING; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; ROBOTS; SUBMERSIBLES; UNMANNED VEHICLES; WATER CRAFT;

AEROBOT; COLLECTIVE ROBOTICS; FORMATION FLYING; SWARMS; UNDERWATER ROBOTICS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 57649139263     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574708004505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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