Swarm Robotics: A Formal Approach - Heiko Hamann

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Résumé :
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...

Biographie:
Heiko Hamann is Professor for Service Robotics at the University of L?beck, Germany . His research focus is on swarm robotics, swarm intelligence, and evolutionary robotics. He is developing innovative methods to govern the ever-increasing complexity of engineered systems using novel applications of tools from physics, mathematics, chemistry, and biology. He has taught courses on swarm robotics, mobile robotics, and evolutionary robotics for more than five years. With more than 80 peer-reviewed publications at international conferences and international journals he is a well-recognized researcher in swarm robotics and related fields. He is the author of Space-Time Continuous Models of Swarm Robotic Systems (Springer, 2010), a frequently cited book on modeling systems of swarm robots. As coordinator and member of large European-funded research projects he worked on swarm robotics, modular robotics, and bio-hybrid systems....

Sommaire:
1 Introduction to Swarm Robotics2 Short Introduction to Robotics3 Short Journey Through Nearly Everything4 Scenarios of Swarm Robotics5 Modeling Swarm Systems and Formal Design Methods6 Collective Decision-Making7 Case Study: Adaptive AggregationReferencesIndex