Experiments of morphogenesis in swarms of simple mobile robots

Applied Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 18, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 903-919

  Mamei, Marco ^a   Vasirani, Matteo ^a   Zambonelli, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULAR ROBOTS; MORPHOLOGY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SENSORS; TOPOLOGY;

MICRO-ROBOTS; MORPHOGEN GRADIENTS; MORPHOGENESIS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 9244244718     PISSN: 08839514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08839510490509081     Document Type: Article

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