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IROS
2007
IEEE
127views Robotics» more  IROS 2007»
14 years 3 months ago
Dynamic redistribution of a swarm of robots among multiple sites
Abstract— We present an approach for the dynamic assignment and reassignment of a large team of homogeneous robotic agents to multiple locations with applications to search and r...
Ádám M. Halász, M. Ani Hsieh,...
ECAL
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
A Dynamical Systems Approach to Learning: A Frequency-Adaptive Hopper Robot
We present an example of the dynamical systems approach to learning and adaptation. Our goal is to explore how both control and learning can be embedded into a single dynamical sys...
Jonas Buchli, Ludovic Righetti, Auke Jan Ijspeert
SAB
2004
Springer
182views Optimization» more  SAB 2004»
14 years 2 months ago
The SWARM-BOTS Project
This paper provides an overview of the SWARM-BOTS project, a robotic project sponsored by the Future and Emerging Technologies program of the European Commission. The paper illustr...
Marco Dorigo, Elio Tuci, Roderich Groß, Vito...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
92views Education» more  SIGCSE 2008»
13 years 9 months ago
Patterns for programming in parallel, pedagogically
Pipeline, Delta, and Black Hole are three simple patterns used in concurrent software design. We recently presented these and other patterns for parallelism at a nine-hour worksho...
Matthew C. Jadud, Jon Simpson, Christian L. Jacobs...
TROB
2008
311views more  TROB 2008»
13 years 8 months ago
Smooth Vertical Surface Climbing With Directional Adhesion
Stickybot is a bio-inspired robot that climbs smooth vertical surfaces such as glass, plastic and ceramic tile at 4 cm/s. The robot employs several design principles adapted from t...
Sangbae Kim, Matthew Spenko, Salomon Trujillo, Bar...