Swarm robots: From self-assembly to locomotion

Computer Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1465-1474

  Wei, Hongxing ^a   Chen, Youdong ^a   Liu, Miao ^a   Cai, Yingpeng ^a   Wang, Tianmiao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

autonomous docking; distributed control; locomotion; self assembly; swarm robotics

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS DOCKING; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL ALGORITHMS; ROBOTIC COMMUNITY; ROBOTIC STRUCTURES; SELF RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTS; SELF-ASSEMBLING; SELF-REPAIR; SOCIAL INSECTS; SWARM ROBOTICS; SWARM ROBOTS;

ALGORITHMS; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; DOCKING; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MODULAR ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 80052600204     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: 14602067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxq072     Document Type: Article

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