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The 6th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2002) was held in June 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan, a decade after the first DARS symposium was convened. This book, containing the proceedings of the symposium, provides broad coverage of the technical issues in the current state of the art in distributed autonomous systems composed of multiple robots, robotic modules, or robotic agents. DARS 2002 dealt with new strategies for realizing complex, modular, robust, and fault-tolerant robotic systems, and this volume covers the technical areas of system design, modeling, simulation, operation, sensing, planning, and control. The papers that are included here were contributed by leading researchers from Asia, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, and make up an invaluable resource for researchers and students in the field of distributed autonomous robotic systems.

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The 6th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2002) was held in June 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan, a decade after the first DARS symposium was convened. This book, containing the proceedings of the symposium, provides broad coverage of the technical issues in the current state of the art in distributed autonomous systems composed of multiple robots, robotic modules, or robotic agents. DARS 2002 dealt with new strategies for realizing complex, modular, robust, and fault-tolerant robotic systems, and this volume covers the technical areas of system design, modeling, simulation, operation, sensing, planning, and control. The papers that are included here were contributed by leading researchers from Asia, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, and make up an invaluable resource for researchers and students in the field of distributed autonomous robotic systems.

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The 6th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2002) was held in June 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan, a decade after the first DARS symposium was convened. This book, containing the proceedings of the symposium, provides broad coverage of the technical issues in the current state of the art in distributed autonomous systems composed of multiple robots, robotic modules, or robotic agents. DARS 2002 dealt with new strategies for realizing complex, modular, robust, and fault-tolerant robotic systems, and this volume covers the technical areas of system design, modeling, simulation, operation, sensing, planning, and control. The papers that are included here were contributed by leading researchers from Asia, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, and make up an invaluable resource for researchers and students in the field of distributed autonomous robotic systems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Perspective of Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems....Pages 3-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Navigating modular robots in the face of heuristic depressions....Pages 7-16
A Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robot (MTRAN) — Hardware and Motion Planning Software —....Pages 17-26
Automatic Parameter Identification for Rapid Setting Up of Distributed Modular Robots....Pages 27-36
Distributed replication algorithms for self-reconfiguring modular robots....Pages 37-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Communication Mechanism in a Distributed System of Mobile Robots....Pages 51-60
A Geometric Arbiter Selection Algorithm on Infrared Wireless Inter-robot Communication....Pages 61-70
A Study of Communication Emergence among Mobile Robots : Simulations of Intention Transmission....Pages 71-80
Communication by Datagram Circulation among Multiple Autonomous Soccer Robots....Pages 81-90
Autonomous Robots Sharing a Charging Station with no Communication: a Case Study....Pages 91-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
A Scalable Command and Control System for Human-Machine Work Systems....Pages 103-112
Implementing a Face Detection System Practically Robust against Size Variation and Brightness Fluctuation for Distributed Autonomous Human Supporting Robotic Environment....Pages 113-122
Voice Communication in Performing a Cooperative Task with a Robot....Pages 123-132
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Position Control of Load by Traction of Two Mobile Robots....Pages 135-144
Cooperative Motion Coordination Amidst Dynamic Obstacles....Pages 145-154
Collision Avoidance Algorithm for Two Tracked Mobile Robots Transporting a Single Object in Coordination Based on Function Allocation Concept....Pages 155-164
A Decentralized Test Algorithm for Object Closure by Multiple Cooperating Mobile Robots....Pages 165-174
Coordinated Transportation of a Single Object by a Group of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots....Pages 175-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Coordinated Trajectory Planning and Formation Control of Soccer Robots to Pass a Ball Cyclically....Pages 187-196
M-ROSE: A Multi Robot Simulation Environment for Learning Cooperative Behavior....Pages 197-206
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Real-time Adaptive Learning from Observation for RoboCup Soccer Agents....Pages 207-214
An Empirical Study of Coaching....Pages 215-224
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Decentralized Control of Redundant Manipulator Based on the Analogy of Heat and Wave Equations....Pages 227-236
Cooperating Cleaning Robots....Pages 237-246
Movement Model of Multiple Mobile Robots Based on Servo System....Pages 247-256
On-Line Collision Avoidance of Mobile Robot for Dynamically Moving Obstacles....Pages 257-266
Distributed Multi Robot Reactive Navigation....Pages 267-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Omnidirectional Distributed Vision for Multi-Robot Mapping....Pages 279-288
How Many Robots? Group Size and Efficiency in Collective Search Tasks....Pages 289-298
Mobile Sensor Network Deployment using Potential Fields: A Distributed, Scalable Solution to the Area Coverage Problem....Pages 299-308
Map Acquisition in Multi-Robot Systems based on Time Shared Scheduling....Pages 309-318
Principled Monitoring of Distributed Agents for Detection of Coordination Failure....Pages 319-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Cooperative Behavior of Interacting Simple Robots in a Clockface Arranged Foraging Field....Pages 331-339
Graduated Spatial Pattern formation of Micro Robot Group....Pages 340-349
Heterogeneous Agents Cooperating: Robots, Field Devices, and Process Automation Integrated with Agent Technology....Pages 350-359
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
Heuristic Approach of a Distributed Autonomous Guidance System to Adapt to the Dynamic Environment....Pages 363-372
Spreading Out: A Local Approach to Multi-robot Coverage....Pages 373-382
Real-Time Cooperative Exploration by Reaction-Diffusion Equation on a Graph....Pages 383-392
Research on Cooperative Capture by Multiple Mobile Robots — A Proposition of Cooperative Capture Strategies in the Pursuit Problem —....Pages 393-402
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
Interpreting Two Psychological Functions by A Hierarchically Structured Neural Memory Model....Pages 405-414
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
Neural Control of Quadruped Robot for Autonomous Walking on Soft Terrain....Pages 415-423
Kilorobot Search and Rescue Using an Immunologically Inspired Approach....Pages 424-433
Universal Distributed Brain for Mobile Multi-Robot Systems....Pages 434-443
Real-time Control of Walking of Insect; Self-organization of the Constraints and Walking Patterns....Pages 444-451
Front Matter....Pages 453-453
Using Interaction-Based Learning to Construct an Adaptive and Fault-Tolerant Multi-Link Floating Robot....Pages 455-464
Neural Networks (NN) Using Genetic Algorithms (GA) and Gradient Back-Propagation (GBP) for an Intelligent Obstacle Avoidance Behavior....Pages 465-474
Interactive Q-Learning on heterogeneous agents system for autonomous adaptive interface....Pages 475-484
Back Matter....Pages 485-486

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The 6th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2002) was held in June 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan, a decade after the first DARS symposium was convened. This book, containing the proceedings of the symposium, provides broad coverage of the technical issues in the current state of the art in distributed autonomous systems composed of multiple robots, robotic modules, or robotic agents. DARS 2002 dealt with new strategies for realizing complex, modular, robust, and fault-tolerant robotic systems, and this volume covers the technical areas of system design, modeling, simulation, operation, sensing, planning, and control. The papers that are included here were contributed by leading researchers from Asia, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, and make up an invaluable resource for researchers and students in the field of distributed autonomous robotic systems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Perspective of Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems....Pages 3-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Navigating modular robots in the face of heuristic depressions....Pages 7-16
A Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robot (MTRAN) — Hardware and Motion Planning Software —....Pages 17-26
Automatic Parameter Identification for Rapid Setting Up of Distributed Modular Robots....Pages 27-36
Distributed replication algorithms for self-reconfiguring modular robots....Pages 37-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Communication Mechanism in a Distributed System of Mobile Robots....Pages 51-60
A Geometric Arbiter Selection Algorithm on Infrared Wireless Inter-robot Communication....Pages 61-70
A Study of Communication Emergence among Mobile Robots : Simulations of Intention Transmission....Pages 71-80
Communication by Datagram Circulation among Multiple Autonomous Soccer Robots....Pages 81-90
Autonomous Robots Sharing a Charging Station with no Communication: a Case Study....Pages 91-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
A Scalable Command and Control System for Human-Machine Work Systems....Pages 103-112
Implementing a Face Detection System Practically Robust against Size Variation and Brightness Fluctuation for Distributed Autonomous Human Supporting Robotic Environment....Pages 113-122
Voice Communication in Performing a Cooperative Task with a Robot....Pages 123-132
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Position Control of Load by Traction of Two Mobile Robots....Pages 135-144
Cooperative Motion Coordination Amidst Dynamic Obstacles....Pages 145-154
Collision Avoidance Algorithm for Two Tracked Mobile Robots Transporting a Single Object in Coordination Based on Function Allocation Concept....Pages 155-164
A Decentralized Test Algorithm for Object Closure by Multiple Cooperating Mobile Robots....Pages 165-174
Coordinated Transportation of a Single Object by a Group of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots....Pages 175-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Coordinated Trajectory Planning and Formation Control of Soccer Robots to Pass a Ball Cyclically....Pages 187-196
M-ROSE: A Multi Robot Simulation Environment for Learning Cooperative Behavior....Pages 197-206
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Real-time Adaptive Learning from Observation for RoboCup Soccer Agents....Pages 207-214
An Empirical Study of Coaching....Pages 215-224
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Decentralized Control of Redundant Manipulator Based on the Analogy of Heat and Wave Equations....Pages 227-236
Cooperating Cleaning Robots....Pages 237-246
Movement Model of Multiple Mobile Robots Based on Servo System....Pages 247-256
On-Line Collision Avoidance of Mobile Robot for Dynamically Moving Obstacles....Pages 257-266
Distributed Multi Robot Reactive Navigation....Pages 267-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Omnidirectional Distributed Vision for Multi-Robot Mapping....Pages 279-288
How Many Robots? Group Size and Efficiency in Collective Search Tasks....Pages 289-298
Mobile Sensor Network Deployment using Potential Fields: A Distributed, Scalable Solution to the Area Coverage Problem....Pages 299-308
Map Acquisition in Multi-Robot Systems based on Time Shared Scheduling....Pages 309-318
Principled Monitoring of Distributed Agents for Detection of Coordination Failure....Pages 319-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Cooperative Behavior of Interacting Simple Robots in a Clockface Arranged Foraging Field....Pages 331-339
Graduated Spatial Pattern formation of Micro Robot Group....Pages 340-349
Heterogeneous Agents Cooperating: Robots, Field Devices, and Process Automation Integrated with Agent Technology....Pages 350-359
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
Heuristic Approach of a Distributed Autonomous Guidance System to Adapt to the Dynamic Environment....Pages 363-372
Spreading Out: A Local Approach to Multi-robot Coverage....Pages 373-382
Real-Time Cooperative Exploration by Reaction-Diffusion Equation on a Graph....Pages 383-392
Research on Cooperative Capture by Multiple Mobile Robots — A Proposition of Cooperative Capture Strategies in the Pursuit Problem —....Pages 393-402
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
Interpreting Two Psychological Functions by A Hierarchically Structured Neural Memory Model....Pages 405-414
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
Neural Control of Quadruped Robot for Autonomous Walking on Soft Terrain....Pages 415-423
Kilorobot Search and Rescue Using an Immunologically Inspired Approach....Pages 424-433
Universal Distributed Brain for Mobile Multi-Robot Systems....Pages 434-443
Real-time Control of Walking of Insect; Self-organization of the Constraints and Walking Patterns....Pages 444-451
Front Matter....Pages 453-453
Using Interaction-Based Learning to Construct an Adaptive and Fault-Tolerant Multi-Link Floating Robot....Pages 455-464
Neural Networks (NN) Using Genetic Algorithms (GA) and Gradient Back-Propagation (GBP) for an Intelligent Obstacle Avoidance Behavior....Pages 465-474
Interactive Q-Learning on heterogeneous agents system for autonomous adaptive interface....Pages 475-484
Back Matter....Pages 485-486
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