Fast self-localization method for mobile robots using multiple omnidirectional vision sensors
Machine Vision and Applications - Special issue: Omnidirectional vision and its applications
Robotics-based location sensing using wireless Ethernet
Wireless Networks
Pheromone robotics and the logic of virtual pheromones
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Cooperative self-organization in a heterogeneous swarm robotic system
Proceedings of the 12th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation
Cooperation in a heterogeneous robot swarm through spatially targeted communication
ANTS'10 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Swarm intelligence
Energy efficient swarm deployment for search in unknown environments
ANTS'10 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Swarm intelligence
PPSN'10 Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Parallel problem solving from nature: Part II
3-D relative positioning sensor for indoor flying robots
Autonomous Robots
Supervised morphogenesis: morphology control of ground-based self-assembling robots by aerial robots
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Knowledge representation for self-adaptive behavior
Proceedings of the Fifth International C* Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering
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In the growing field of collective robotics, spatial co-ordination between robots is often critical and usually achieved via local relative positioning sensors. We believe that range and bearing sensing, based on infrared technology, has the potential to fulfil the strict requirements of real-world collective robots. These requirements include: small size, light weight, large range, high refresh rate, immunity against tilting and misalignment, immunity against ambient light changes, and good range and bearing accuracy. Currently, there are no range and bearing systems that have been designed to cope with such strict requirements. This paper presents a custom range and bearing system, based on a novel cascaded filtering technology, complemented by hybrid infrared/Radio Frequency (RF) communication, which has been designed specifically to meet all these expectations. The system has been characterised and tested, proving its viability.