Automatic formation deployment of decentralized heterogeneous multi-robot networks with limited sensing capabilities

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 730-735

  Smith, Brian Stephen ^a   Wang, Jiuguang ^a   Egerstedt, Magnus ^a   Howard, Ayanna ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

LIMITED SENSING CAPABILITIES; MOBILE SENSOR NETWORKS; MULTI-ROBOT NETWORKS; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SENSING DEVICES; SENSOR PLACEMENT;

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EID: 70450098633     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152517     Document Type: Conference Paper

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