Title :
Breaking up is hard to do - Dispersion: from design to implementation
Author :
Isaacs, Matthew ; Anderson, Monica ; Ashworth, Samuel ; Blackburn-Lynch, James ; Bynum, Bridgette ; Pearce, Janice ; Pemberton, Christopher
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Berea Coll., KY
Abstract :
This article assesses the performance of a virtual pheromone-based sectored dispersion algorithm which is implemented on a low-cost miniature mobile robotic platform using sonar sensing. The approach is a distributed one and the robotic platform and sensor array are sufficiently inexpensive that they can be employed in undergraduate research and/or for coursework in a small college environment
Keywords :
microrobots; mobile robots; sensor fusion; sonar arrays; miniature mobile robotic platform; sensor array; sonar sensing; virtual pheromone-based sectored dispersion algorithm; Dispersion; Educational institutions; Educational robots; Hardware; Mobile computing; Mobile robots; Parallel robots; Robot sensing systems; Sensor arrays; Service robots;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2006. ICRA 2006. Proceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9505-0
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641737
