[HTML][HTML] Research advance in swarm robotics

Y Tan, Z Zheng - Defence Technology, 2013 - Elsevier
The research progress of swarm robotics is reviewed in details. The swarm robotics inspired
from nature is a combination of swarm intelligence and robotics, which shows a great …

From wireless sensor networks towards cyber physical systems

FJ Wu, YF Kao, YC Tseng - Pervasive and Mobile computing, 2011 - Elsevier
In the past two decades, a lot of research activities have been dedicated to the fields of
mobile ad hoc network (MANET) and wireless sensor networks (WSN). More recently, the …

Coordinated control of multi-robot systems: A survey

J Cortés, M Egerstedt - SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Recently, significant gains have been made in our understanding of multi-robot systems,
and such systems have been deployed in domains as diverse as precision agriculture …

Controlled sink mobility for prolonging wireless sensor networks lifetime

S Basagni, A Carosi, E Melachrinoudis, C Petrioli… - Wireless …, 2008 - Springer
This paper demonstrates the advantages of using controlled mobility in wireless sensor
networks (WSNs) for increasing their lifetime, ie, the period of time the network is able to …

Robot and sensor networks for first responders

V Kumar, D Rus, S Singh - IEEE Pervasive computing, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The need to collect, integrate, and communicate information effectively in emergency
response scenarios exceeds the state of the art in information technology. This emergency …

A PSO-based multi-robot cooperation method for target searching in unknown environments

M Dadgar, S Jafari, A Hamzeh - Neurocomputing, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, we study the problem of multi-robot target searching in unknown environments.
For target searching, robots need an efficient method with respect to their limitations and …

Inspiring and modeling multi-robot search with particle swarm optimization

J Pugh, A Martinoli - 2007 IEEE swarm intelligence symposium, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Within the field of multi-robot systems, multi-robot search is one area which is currently
receiving a lot of research attention. One major challenge within this area is to design …

[HTML][HTML] Large scale simulation for human evacuation and rescue

E Gelenbe, FJ Wu - Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper surveys recent research on the use of sensor networks, communications and
computer systems to enhance the human outcome of emergency situations. Areas covered …

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces in challenging environments: Underwater, underground, industrial and disaster

S Kisseleff, S Chatzinotas, B Ottersten - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Challenging environments comprise a range of scenarios, which share the fact that it is
extremely difficult to establish a communication link using conventional technology due to …

How and when can robots be team members? Three decades of research on human–robot teams

FD Wolf, RM Stock-Homburg - Group & Organization …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Artificial intelligence and robotic technologies have grown in sophistication and reach.
Accordingly, research into mixed human–robot teams that comprise both robots and humans …