Flocking algorithm for autonomous flying robots

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Virágh, Csaba ^a   Vásárhelyi, Gábor ^a,b   Tarcai, Norbert ^a   Szörényi, Tamás ^a   Somorjai, Gergó ^a,b   Nepusz, Tamás ^a,b   Vicsek, Tamás ^a,b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Statistical and Biological Physics Research Group of HAS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

autonomous navigation; collective motion; distributed control; flying robot flock; swarm robotics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; COLLECTIVE MOTIONS; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; FLYING ROBOTS; SWARM ROBOTICS;

ROBOTS;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROWDING (AREA); DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CROWDING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84901392000     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/9/2/025012     Document Type: Article

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