Dynamical task allocation and reallocation based on body expansion behavior for multi-robot coordination system

2011 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 537-542

  Li, Guanghui ^a   Tamura, Yusuke ^a   Asama, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body expansion behavior; Multiple autonomous mobile robot; Task allocation; Task reallocation

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; COORDINATION SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED TASK ALLOCATION; EXPANSION BEHAVIOR; MULTI-ROBOT COORDINATION; MULTIPLE ROBOT; ON-BODY; REALISTIC APPLICATIONS; TASK ALLOCATION; TASK ALLOCATION ALGORITHM; TASK ASSIGNMENT; TASK REALLOCATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EXPANSION; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 81055137587     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2011.5985718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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