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ERLANG
2007
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
An Erlang framework for autonomous mobile robots
This paper presents an Erlang-based framework, developed by the authors, for the realisation of software systems for autonomous mobile robots. On the basis of the analysis of the ...
Corrado Santoro
CRV
2007
IEEE
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Energy Efficient Robot Rendezvous
We examine the problem of finding a single meeting location for a group of heterogeneous autonomous mobile robots, such that the total system cost of traveling to the rendezvous i...
Pawel Zebrowski, Yaroslav Litus, Richard T. Vaugha...
ISER
1999
Springer
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Continuous Probabilistic Mapping by Autonomous Robots
In this paper, we present a new approach for continuous probabilistic mapping. The objective is to build metric maps of unknown environments through cooperation between multiple au...
Jesús Salido Tercero, Christiaan J. J. Pare...
IWANN
2001
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Landmark Recognition for Autonomous Navigation Using Odometric Information and a Network of Perceptrons
In this paper two methods for the detection and recognition of landmarks to be used in topological modeling for autonomous mobile robots are presented. The first method is based o...
Javier de Lope Asiaín, Darío Maraval...
ICALP
2003
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Solving the Robots Gathering Problem
Abstract. Consider a set of n > 2 simple autonomous mobile robots (decentralized, asynchronous, no common coordinate system, no identities, no central coordination, no direct co...
Mark Cieliebak, Paola Flocchini, Giuseppe Prencipe...
ICRA
2003
IEEE
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3D-odometry for rough terrain - towards real 3D navigation
Up to recently autonomous mobile robots were mostly designed to run within an indoor, yet partly structured and flat, environment. In rough terrain many problems arise and positio...
Pierre Lamon, Roland Siegwart
ROBOCUP
2004
Springer
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13 years 10 months ago
Sharing Belief in Teams of Heterogeneous Robots
This paper describes the joint approach of three research groups to enable a heterogeneous team of robots to exchange belief. The communication framework presented imposes little r...
Hans Utz, Freek Stulp, Arndt Mühlenfeld
ESA
2004
Springer
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Convergence Properties of the Gravitational Algorithm in Asynchronous Robot Systems
This paper considers the convergence problem in autonomous mobile robot systems. A natural algorithm for the problem requires the robots to move towards their center of gravity. Th...
Reuven Cohen, David Peleg
ROBOCUP
2005
Springer
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Real-Time Diagnosis and Repair of Faults of Robot Control Software
Faults in hardware and software are not totally avoidable not even if the components are carefully designed, implemented and tested. In this paper we present a solution for detecti...
Gerald Steinbauer, Martin Mörth, Franz Wotawa
ECAL
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Superlinear Physical Performances in a SWARM-BOT
A swarm-bot is a robotic entity built of several autonomous mobile robots (called s-bots) physically connected together. This form of collective robotics exploits robot interaction...
Francesco Mondada, Michael Bonani, André Gu...