A Survey of Collective Movement of Mobile Robots. (29th January 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Navarro, Iñaki; Matía, Fernando
• Is Part Of: International journal of advanced robotic systems. Volume 10:Number 1(2013)
• Publication Date: 2013-01-29
• Subjects: Collective Movement -- Flocking -- Robot Formations; Robotics -- Periodicals; Robotics; Periodicals; 629.892
• DOI: 10.5772/54600
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1729-8806

Abstract

Collective movement of mobile robots is the problem of how to control a group of robots making them move as a group, in a cohesive way, towards a common direction. Collective movement serves not only to move a group of robots from one point to another, but to perform more complex tasks such as using the group of robots as a moving sensor array, collective mapping and searching tasks. In this article, a survey of collective movement of mobile robots is done, including a classification and characterization of its different types, a review of the most important architectures and a list of its promising applications.