Foraging Task of Multiple Mobile Robots in a Dynamic Environment Using Adaptive Behavior in Crickets

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 466-473

  Ashikaga, Masatoshi ^a   Kikuchi, Mika ^b   Hiraguchi, Tetsutaro ^b,c   Sakura, Midori ^b   Aonuma, Hitoshi ^b   Ota, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cricket; foraging behavior; multiple mobile robots; working efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR; BEHAVIOR-BASED; CRICKET; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; FORAGING BEHAVIOURS; FORAGING TASK; MULTIPLE MOBILE ROBOT; WORKING EFFICIENCY;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 66149152744     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2007.p0466     Document Type: Article

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