Regenerative patterning in Swarm Robots: Mutual benefits of research in robotics and stem cell biology

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 869-881

  Rubenstein, Michael ^a   Sai, Ying ^b   Chuong, Cheng Ming ^c   Shen, Wei Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphallaxis; Morphogenesis; Multi agent systems; Pattern formation; Regeneration; Robot team; Self healing; Self organization; Self reconfiguration; Tissue engineering; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REGENERATION; ROBOTICS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; REGENERATION; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 69449099685     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.092937mr     Document Type: Article

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