Deaf, Dumb, and Chatting Robots, Enabling Distributed Computation and Fault-Tolerance Among Stigmergic Robot [PDF]
, 2009 We investigate ways for the exchange of information (explicit communication) among deaf and dumb mobile robots scattered in the plane. We introduce the use of movement-signals (analogously to flight signals and bees waggle) as a mean to transfer messages,
A.P. Engelbrecht +18 more
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A Distributed Algorithm for Gathering Many Fat Mobile Robots in the Plane [PDF]
, 2012 In this work we consider the problem of gathering autonomous robots in the plane. In particular, we consider non-transparent unit-disc robots (i.e., fat) in an asynchronous setting. Vision is the only mean of coordination.
Agathangelou, Chrysovalandis +2 more
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Getting Close Without Touching: Near-Gathering for Autonomous Mobile Robots [PDF]
, 2015 In this paper we study the Near-Gathering problem for a finite set of dimensionless, deterministic, asynchronous, anonymous, oblivious and autonomous mobile robots with limited visibility moving in the Euclidean plane in Look-Compute-Move (LCM) cycles ...
Pagli, Linda +2 more
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Exploring Graphs with Time Constraints by Unreliable Collections of Mobile Robots [PDF]
, 2017 A graph environment must be explored by a collection of mobile robots. Some of the robots, a priori unknown, may turn out to be unreliable. The graph is weighted and each node is assigned a deadline.
A Casteigts +16 more
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Optimal byzantine resilient convergence in oblivious robot networks [PDF]
, 2009 Given a set of robots with arbitrary initial location and no agreement on a global coordinate system, convergence requires that all robots asymptotically approach the exact same, but unknown beforehand, location. Robots are oblivious-- they do not recall
Bouzid, Zohir +2 more
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A macroscopic analytical model of collaboration in distributed robotic systems [PDF]
, 2001 In this article, we present a macroscopic analytical model of collaboration in a group of reactive robots. The model consists of a series of coupled differential equations that describe the dynamics of group behavior.
Galstyan, Aram +3 more
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Target Assignment in Robotic Networks: Distance Optimality Guarantees and Hierarchical Strategies [PDF]
, 2014 We study the problem of multi-robot target assignment to minimize the total distance traveled by the robots until they all reach an equal number of static targets.
Chung, Soon-Jo +2 more
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Impossibility of Gathering, a Certification [PDF]
, 2014 Recent advances in Distributed Computing highlight models and algorithms for autonomous swarms of mobile robots that self-organise and cooperate to solve global objectives.
Lionel Rieg +4 more
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Demonstration of OPSORO : an open platform for social robots [PDF]
, 2016 One of the major obstacles in the study of human- robot interaction with social robots is the lack of platforms to allow for tests with large user groups. Often, the price of these robots prohibits using more than a handful of robots.
Saldien, Jelle, Vandevelde, Cesar
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Rendezvous on a Line by Location-Aware Robots Despite the Presence of Byzantine Faults
, 2017 A set of mobile robots is placed at points of an infinite line. The robots are equipped with GPS devices and they may communicate their positions on the line to a central authority.
A Collins +26 more
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