Strategies for collective minimalist mobile robots
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Strategies for collective minimalist mobile robots
（Engineering research series, ERS6）
Professional Engineering, 2001
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Includes bibliography (p. 201-215) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An important title in the 'Engineering Research Series',
Strategies for Collective Minimalist Mobile Robots presents
research on one of the most exciting areas of technology associated
with robotics ? co-ordinated teams, or groups, of tiny
robots. These act colonially and behave as a body, or collect data
individually, to feed information to a single data retrieval point,
offering a network of information.
Intercommunication between many tiny robots allows for problem
areas to be detected and concentrated upon, bringing the pack of
robots together.
The developments and research reported here show the ways in
which engineers are trying to mimic biological systems and
behaviour to find solutions to engineering problems. Dr
Melhuish?s research aims to analyse various naturally
occurring collective systems as models for robotic system
development. He applied the results of observations of biological
system behaviour among social insects, such as ants, to robot
activity. Much of Strategies for Collective Minimalist Mobile
Robots is concerned with a review of the remarkable
achievements of groups of simple insects and the observation that
collective achievement can far exceed the sum of individual
performances. Although at an early stage of development and
management, collective robotic technology has created a high level
of interest from those involved in R & D among professional
engineers.
COMPLETE CONTENTS:
Introduction
Background, issues, and related work
Minimalist locomotion
Collective minimalist movement
Minimalist regulation of group size
Collective minimalist action on the environment
Collective minimalist clustering
Collective minimalist sorting and segregation
Conclusions and further work.
Table of Contents
- Background issues and related work
- minimalist locomotion
- collective minimalist movement
- minimalist regulation of group size
- collective minimalist action on the environment
- collective minimalist clustering
- computer minimalist sorting and segregation.
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