A simulation environment for modeling and development of algorithms for ensembles of mobile microsystems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7318, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fink, Jonathan ^a   Collins, Tom ^b   Kumar, Vijay ^a   Mostofi, Yasamin ^c   Baras, John ^d   Sadler, Brian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Robotics; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; PLANNING METHODOLOGY; SIMULATION; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; UNIT OPERATION;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; MICROSYSTEMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SENSORS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 69549124303     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.819171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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