Title :
Temporal heterogeneity and the value of slowness in robotic systems
Author :
Ronald C. Arkin;Magnus Egerstedt
Author_Institution :
School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
Abstract :
Robot teaming is a well-studied area, but little research to date has been conducted on the fundamental benefits of heterogeneous teams and virtually none on temporal heterogeneity, where timescales of the various platforms are radically different. This paper explores this aspect of robot ecosystems consisting of fast and slow robots (SlowBots) working together, including the bio-inspiration for such systems.
Keywords :
"Robot kinematics","Animals","Ecosystems","Monitoring","Autonomous agents"
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2015 IEEE International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ROBIO.2015.7418902
