Title :
Distributed coordination of a set of autonomous mobile robots
Author :
Flocchini, P. ; Prencipe, G. ; Santoro, N. ; Widmayer, P.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. & Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
The distributed coordination and control of a set of autonomous mobile robots is a problem widely studied in a variety of fields, such as engineering, artificial intelligence, artificial life, robotics. Generally, in these areas the problem is studied mostly from an empirical point of view. In contrast, we aim to understand the fundamental limitations on what a set of autonomous mobile robots can achieve. We describe the current investigations on what autonomous mobile robots can and can not do with respect to some coordination problems
Keywords :
collision avoidance; distributed control; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; self-adjusting systems; autonomous mobile robots; coordination problems; distributed coordination; fundamental limitations; Animals; Artificial intelligence; Distributed control; Intelligent robots; Mobile communication; Mobile robots; Particle swarm optimization; Pattern formation; Robot kinematics; Self-assembly;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, 2000. IV 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dearborn, MI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6363-9
DOI :
10.1109/IVS.2000.898389
