Kilobot: A low cost scalable robot system for collective behaviors

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3293-3298

  Rubenstein, Michael ^a   Ahler, Christian ^a   Nagpal, Radhika ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

CO-OPERATING ROBOTS; COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROL METHODS; LOW-COST ROBOTS; ROBOT DESIGNS; ROBOT SYSTEM; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS RESEARCH;

ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84864484760     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2012.6224638     Document Type: Conference Paper

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