`Instinctive´ cellular robots for environmental monitoring in a limited workspace

Presents an approach to the implementation of the concept of `distributed robotic system´ (DRS), based on the notions of `instinctive´ response and cooperation. The proposed DRS is composed of cellular robotic units which operate in a constrained unstructured environment and are dedicated to environmental monitoring. This specific application, of potentially wide practical interest, poses a number of constraints to the control of the DRS, which can be solved efficiently by using the proposed approach