Coordination and Control of Autonomous Mobile Robots Swarms by using Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm and Consensus Theory

This thesis presents some different techniques designed to drive a swarm of robots in an a-priori unknown environment in order to move the group from a starting area to a final one avoiding obstacles. The presented techniques are based on two different theories used alone or in combination: Swarm In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grandi, Raffaele <1976>
Other Authors: Melchiorri, Claudio
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:en
Published: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna 2013
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Online Access:http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/5904/