The area of research presented in this chapter focuses on swarm robotics, which is a
particular domain of multi-robot systems (MRS) that embodies the mechanisms of swarm …

A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is connected if a communication path exists among each
pair of sensor nodes (motes). Maintaining reliable connectivity in WSNs is a complicated …

Connectivity maintenance is an important requirement in wireless sensor and actuator
networks (WSANs) because node failures can, potentially, lead to destructive changes in the …

In many multi-robot applications, it is critical to maintain connectivity within the robotic team
to allow for information exchange and coordination. While most of the existing works focus …

In most real multi-robot applications, such as search-and-rescue, cooperative robots have to
move to complete their tasks while maintaining communication among themselves without …

Abstract Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are one of the widespread platforms for
communications and remote sensing. A robust WSN should tolerate the failures of nodes …

A k-connected wireless sensor network (WSN) can tolerate failures on k-1 arbitrary nodes
without loosing the connectivity between the remaining active nodes. Hence, the k value is …

In Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) keeping the network connectivity is a challenging task
because failure in some nodes may cut off the communication paths between other nodes. A …

Underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) are utilized for a wide range of monitoring
and surveillance applications. Lifetime maximization and maintenance of network reliability …

Drone technologies have attracted the attention of many researchers in recent years due to
their potential opportunities. Fleets of drones integrated with widely available relatively short …