Distributed Autonomous Robotic System 6 (v. 6)

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Self-Reconfiguration Using Directed Growth....Pages 3-12
A hardware/software architecture for the control of self reconfigurable robots....Pages 13-22
Emergent Morphology Control of a Modular Robot by Exploiting the Interaction between Control and Mechanical Dynamics....Pages 23-32
HydroGen: Automatically Generating Self-Assembly Code for Hydron Units....Pages 33-42
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
Local Obstacle Avoidance with Reliable Goal Acquisition for Mobile Robots....Pages 45-54
Adaptive Routing System by Intelligent Environment with Media Agents....Pages 55-64
Multi-Robot Concurrent Learning in Museum Problem....Pages 65-74
How a Cooperative Behavior can emerge from a Robot Team....Pages 75-84
Vehicle Guidance System using Local Information Assistants....Pages 85-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Topological Map Merging....Pages 97-106
An approach to active sensing using the Viterbi algorithm....Pages 107-116
Using Group Knowledge for Multitarget Terrain-Based State Estimation....Pages 117-126
Multi-AUVs for Visual Mapping Tasks....Pages 127-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Cellular Robots Forming a Mechanical Structure....Pages 139-148
Planning Behaviors of Modular Robots with Coherent Structure using Randomized Method....Pages 149-158
In-Place Distributed Heterogeneous Reconfiguration Planning....Pages 159-168
Distributed Metamorphosis of Regular M-TRAN Structures....Pages 169-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Multi-Robot Task Allocation Method for Heterogeneous Tasks with Priorities....Pages 181-190
Decentralized Markov Decision Processes for Handling Temporal and Resource constraints in a Multiple Robot System....Pages 191-200
Emergent Robot Differentiation for Distributed Multi-Robot Task Allocation....Pages 201-210
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Cooperative Control Method Using Evaluation Information on Objective Achievement....Pages 211-220
Multiple UAV cooperative searching operation using polygon area decomposition and efficient coverage algorithms....Pages 221-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
A Distributed Architecture for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Experimentation....Pages 233-242
Aerial Shepherds: Coordination among UAVs and Swarms of Robots....Pages 243-252
Dispersing robots in an unknown environment....Pages 253-262
Embedding heterogeneous levels of decisional autonomy in multi-robot systems....Pages 263-272
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Collective Energy Distribution: Maintaining the Energy Balance in Distributed Autonomous Robots using Trophallaxis....Pages 275-284
Building Blocks for Multi-robot Construction....Pages 285-294
Coordinating Aerial Robots and Sensor Networks for Localization and Navigation....Pages 295-304
Pervasive Sensor-less Networks for Cooperative Multi-robot Tasks....Pages 305-314
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Communication Strategies in Multi-robot Search and Retrieval: Experiences with MinDART....Pages 317-326
Value-Based Communication Preservation for Mobile Robots....Pages 327-336
Dynamical Reconfiguration of Cooperation Structure by Interaction Network....Pages 337-346
Collecting Behavior of Interacting Robots with Virtual Pheromone....Pages 347-356
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Distributed Autonomous Micro Robots: From Small Clusters to a Real Swarm....Pages 359-368
Modeling and Optimization of a Swarm-Intelligent Inspection System....Pages 369-378
Scalable Control of Distributed Robotic Macrosensors....Pages 379-388
Self-Organised Task Allocation in a Group of Robots....Pages 389-398
Distributed Algorithms for Dispersion in Indoor Environments Using a Swarm of Autonomous Mobile Robots....Pages 399-408
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Optimal Design Methodology for an AGV Transportation System by Using the Queuing Network Theory....Pages 411-420
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Control of Vehicle Cooperative Behavior in Non-Signalized Intersection....Pages 421-430
High-Level Modelling of Cooperative Mobile Robot Systems....Pages 431-440
Front Matter....Pages 441-441
Lateral and Longitudinal Stability for Decentralized Formation Control....Pages 443-452
Decentralized Cooperative Object Transportation by Multiple Mobile Robots with a Pushing Leader....Pages 453-462
Front Matter....Pages 463-463
Attentive Workbench: An Intelligent Production Cell Supporting Human Workers....Pages 465-474
Development of a Forward-Hemispherical Vision Sensor for Remote Control of a Small Mobile Robot and for Acquisition of Visual-Information....Pages 475-484