Robot teams : from diversity to polymorphism / edited by Tucker Balch, Lynne E. Parker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Balch, Tucker.

Parker, Lynne E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robotics.

Intelligent agents (Computer software).

Physical Description:

x, 425 p. : ill.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Natick, Mass. : A K Peters, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a comprehensive volume on robot teams that will be the standard reference on multi-robot systems. The volume provides not only the essentials of multi-agent robotics theory but also descriptions of exemplary implemented systems demonstrating the key concepts of multi-robot research. Information is presented in a descriptive manner and augmented with detailed mathematical formulations, photos, diagrams, and source code examples.

Contents:

part Part I: Theoretical Foundations

chapter 1 A Taxonomy of Multirobot Systems

chapter 2 Taxonomies of Multirobot Task and Reward

chapter 3 A Survey of Multiagent and Multirobot Systems

chapter 4 Measuring Robot Group Diversity

part Part II: Enabling Technologies

chapter 5 A Polymorphic Robot Team

chapter 6 Collaborative Multirobot Localization

chapter 7 Techniques for Learning in Multirobot Teams

chapter 8 Symbol Grounding for Communication

chapter 9 Marsupial Robots

part Part III: Robot Team Case Studies

chapter 10 Heterogeneous Teams of Modular Robots for Mapping and Exploration

chapter 11 Design and Evaluation of Robust Behavior-Based Controllers

chapter 12 Experiments with Cooperative Aerial-Ground Robots

chapter 13 Coordination of Heterogeneous Robots for Large-Scale Assembly.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-425) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-06474-8

1-4398-6367-9

9780429064746

OCLC:

922955604