Multi-robot systems gain considerable attention due to lower cost, better robustness, and
higher scalability as compared with single-robot systems. Cooperative object transport, as a …

For a network of robots working in a specific environment, relative localization among robots
is the basis for accomplishing various upper-level tasks. To avoid the latency and fragility of …

In this paper we present the first study of human-swarm interaction comparing two
fundamental types of interaction, coined intermittent and environmental. These types are …

Foraging robots involved in a search and retrieval task may create paths to navigate faster in
their environment. In this context, a swarm of robots that has found several resources and …

Task partitioning is the decomposition of a task into two or more sub-tasks that can be
tackled separately. Task partitioning can be observed in many species of social insects, as it …

Multirobot and multiagent systems demonstrate collective (swarm) intelligence through
systematic and distributed integration of local behaviors in a group. Agents sharing …

An important characteristic of a robot swarm that must operate in the real world is the ability
to cope with changeable environments by exhibiting behavioural plasticity at the collective …

As the size of robots decreases in multirobot systems, collisions cease to be catastrophic
events that need to be avoided at all costs. This implies that less conservative, coordinated …

We propose a loosely-coupled framework for integrated task assignment, motion planning,
coordination and control of heterogeneous fleets of robots subject to non-cooperative tasks …

Biological systems are frequently categorized as complex systems due to their capabilities of
generating spatio-temporal structures from apparent random decisions. In spite of research …