Vision-based distributed coordination and flocking of multi-Agent systems

Robotics: Science and Systems

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 41-48

  Moshtagh, Nima ^a   Jadbabaie, Ali ^a   Daniilidis, Kostas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84959565330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2330765X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.15607/rss.2005.i.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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