Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 5 (Hardcover, 2002)

1: Introduction.- Perspective of Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems.- 2: Modular Robotic Systems.- Navigating Modular Robots in the Face of Heuristic Depressions.- A Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robot (MTRAN) ? Hardware and Motion Planning Software.- Automatic Parameter Identification for Rapid Setting Up of Distributed Modular Robots.- Distributed Replication Algorithms for Self-Reconfiguring Modular Robots.- 3: Communication and Cooperation.- Communication Mechanism in a Distributed System of Mobile Robots.- A Geometric Arbiter Selection Algorithm on Infrared Wireless Inter-Robot Communication.- A Study of Communication Emergence Among Mobile Robots: Simulations of Intention Transmission.- Communication by Datagram Circulation Among Multiple Autonomous Soccer Robots.- Autonomous Robots Sharing a Charging Station with No Communication: A Case Study.- 4: Human-Machine Cooperative Interaction.- A Scalable Command and Control System for Human-Machine Work Systems.- Implementing a Face Detection System Practically Robust Against Size Variation and Brightness Fluctuation for Distributed Autonomous Human Supporting Robotic Environment.- Voice Communication in Performing a Cooperative Task with a Robot.- 5: Multi-Robot Coordination.- Position Control of Load by Traction of Two Mobile Robots.- Cooperative Motion Coordination Amidst Dynamic Obstacles.- Collision Avoidance Algorithm for Two Tracked Mobile Robots Transporting a Single Object in Coordination Based on Function Allocation Concept.- A Decentralized Test Algorithm for Object Closure by Multiple Cooperating Mobile Robots.- Coordinated Transportation of a Single Object by a Group of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots.- 6: Robot Soccer.- Coordinated Trajectory Planning and Formation Control of Soccer Robots to Pass a Ball Cyclically.- M-ROSE: A Multi Robot Simulation Environment for Learning Cooperative Behavior.- Real-Time Adaptive Learning from Observation for RoboCup Soccer Agents.- An Empirical Study of Coaching.- 7: Distributed Control.- Decentralized Control of Redundant Manipulator Based on the Analogy of Heat and Wave Equations.- Cooperating Cleaning Robots.- Movement Model of Multiple Mobile Robots Based on Servo System.- On-Line Collision Avoidance of Mobile Robot for Dynamically Moving Obstacles.- Distributed Multi Robot Reactive Navigation.- 8: Distributed Sensing and Mapping.- Omnidirectional Distributed Vision for Multi-Robot Mapping.- How Many Robots? Group Size and Efficiency in Collective Search Tasks.- Mobile Sensor Network Deployment Using Potential Fields: A Distributed, Scalable Solution to the Area Coverage Problem.- Map Acquisition in Multi-Robot Systems Based on Time Shared Scheduling.- Principled Monitoring of Distributed Agents for Detection of Coordination Failure.- 9: Multi-Agent and Group Systems.- Cooperative Behavior of Interacting Simple Robots in a Clockface Arranged Foraging Field.- Graduated Spatial Pattern Formation of Micro Robot Group.- Heterogeneous Agents Cooperating: Robots, Field Devices, and Process Automation Integrated with Agent Technology.- 10: Multi-Robot Motion Planning.- Heuristic Approach of a Distributed Autonomous Guidance System to Adapt to the Dynamic Environment.- Spreading Out: A Local Approach to Multi-Robot Coverage.- Real-Time Cooperative Exploration by Reaction-Diffusion Equation on a Graph.- Research on Cooperative Capture by Multiple Mobile Robots ? A Proposition of Cooperative Capture Strategies in the Pursuit Problem ?.- 11: Emergence in Mobility.- Interpreting Two Psychological Functions by a Hierarchically Structured Neural Memory Model.- Neural Control of Quadruped Robot for Autonomous Walking on Soft Terrain.- Kilorobot Search and Rescue Using an Immunologically Inspired Approach.- Universal Distributed Brain for Mobile Multi-Robot Systems.- Real-Time Control of Walking of Insect; Self-Organization of the Constraints and Walking Patterns.- 12: Learning in Distributed Robotic Systems.- Using Interaction-Based Learning to Construct an Adaptive and Fault-Tolerant Multi-Link Floating Robot.- Neural Networks (NN) Using Genetic Algorithms (GA) and Gradient Back-Propagation (GBP) for an Intelligent Obstacle Avoidance Behavior.- Interactive Q-Learning on Heterogeneous Agents System for Autonomous Adaptive Interface.