Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems

As a new strategy to realize the goal of flexible, robust, fault-tolerant robotic systems, the distributed autonomous approach has quickly established itself as one of the fastest growing fields in robotics. This volume covers such topics as self-organization, communication and co-ordination, multi-robot manipulation and control, distributed system design, distributed sensing, intelligent manufacturing systems and group behaviour. The fundamental technologies and system architectures of distributed autonomous robotic systems are expounded in detail, along with the latest research findings.