TY - BOOK ID - 32841720 TI - Swarm Robotics: A Formal Approach PY - 2018 SN - 331974528X 3319745263 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Robotics. KW - Artificial intelligence. KW - Computational intelligence. KW - Computational complexity. KW - Engineering. KW - Complexity, Computational. KW - Automation. KW - Electrical engineering. KW - Communications Engineering, Networks. KW - Signal, Image and Speech Processing. KW - Robotics and Automation. KW - Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). KW - Computational Intelligence. KW - Complexity. KW - AI (Artificial intelligence) KW - Artificial thinking KW - Electronic brains KW - Intellectronics KW - Intelligence, Artificial KW - Intelligent machines KW - Machine intelligence KW - Thinking, Artificial KW - Bionics KW - Cognitive science KW - Digital computer simulation KW - Electronic data processing KW - Logic machines KW - Machine theory KW - Self-organizing systems KW - Simulation methods KW - Fifth generation computers KW - Neural computers KW - Automation KW - Intelligence, Computational KW - Artificial intelligence KW - Soft computing KW - Electric engineering KW - Engineering KW - Automatic factories KW - Automatic production KW - Computer control KW - Engineering cybernetics KW - Factories KW - Industrial engineering KW - Mechanization KW - Assembly-line methods KW - Automatic control KW - Automatic machinery KW - CAD/CAM systems KW - Robotics KW - Complexity, Computational KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Telecommunication. KW - Artificial Intelligence. KW - Electric communication KW - Mass communication KW - Telecom KW - Telecommunication industry KW - Telecommunications KW - Communication KW - Information theory KW - Telecommuting KW - Signal processing. KW - Image processing. KW - Speech processing systems. KW - Computational linguistics KW - Electronic systems KW - Modulation theory KW - Oral communication KW - Speech KW - Telecommunication KW - Singing voice synthesizers KW - Pictorial data processing KW - Picture processing KW - Processing, Image KW - Imaging systems KW - Optical data processing KW - Processing, Signal KW - Information measurement KW - Signal theory (Telecommunication) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32841720 AB - This book provides an introduction to Swarm Robotics, which is the application of methods from swarm intelligence to robotics. It goes on to present methods that allow readers to understand how to design large-scale robot systems by going through many example scenarios on topics such as aggregation, coordinated motion (flocking), task allocation, self-assembly, collective construction, and environmental monitoring. The author explains the methodology behind building multiple, simple robots and how the complexity emerges from the multiple interactions between these robots such that they are able to solve difficult tasks. The book can be used as a short textbook for specialized courses or as an introduction to Swarm Robotics for graduate students, researchers, and professionals who want a concise introduction to the field. Provides a quick introduction to the robotics aspect of swarm intelligence; Outlines how swarm robotics is relevant as a key technology in robotics, transport, and medicine (nanorobotics), with many references to real world examples and popular literature; Allows readers to acquire the fundamentals of how to design and model a swarm robotic system, including relevant mathematical definitions and tools. "Given the increasing number of sophisticated robots sharing our lives, the study of how large number of robots, so-called robot swarms, interact among themselves and with fellow humans to organize their activities and perform ever more complex tasks is becoming of paramount importance. With this book on swarm robotics, Heiko Hamann gives an important contribution to the foundations of this exciting research field." Prof. Marco Dorigo, Ph.D. Directeur de Recherches du FNRS IRIDIA Université libre de Bruxelles Belgium. ER -