A plan manager for multi-robot systems

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 220-240

  Joyeux, Sylvain ^a   Alami, Rachid ^a   Lacroix, Simon ^a   Philippsen, Roland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CONCURRENT EXECUTIONS; DYNAMIC PLANS; MULTI ROBOTS; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS; ROBOT COMMUNICATIONS; SOFTWARE COMPONENTS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE];

MANAGERS;

EID: 60349126286     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364908098370     Document Type: Article

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