Open-hardware e-puck Linux extension board for experimental swarm robotics research

Microprocessors and Microsystems

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-67

  Liu, Wenguo ^a   Winfield, Alan F T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embedded Linux; Mobile robotics; Swarm robotics

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED LINUX; FILE SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE PLATFORMS; LEVEL SENSORS; LOW COSTS; MOBILE ROBOTIC; MOTOR CONTROL; OPEN-SOURCE; ROBOT CONTROL ALGORITHM; ROBOT CONTROLS; ROBOT PLATFORM; SWARM ROBOTICS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; DATA HANDLING; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 79551486910     PISSN: 01419331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpro.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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