@inproceedings{6d7d249f302e45b2bb1357a85dc25a00,
title = "Dispersion and exploration algorithms for robots in unknown environments",
abstract = "We study the problem of dispersing a group of small robots in an unknown environment. The objective is to cover the environment as much as possible while staying within communications range. We assume there is no central control, the environment is unknown and with complex obstacles, the robots operate without any central control, and have only limited communications with other robots and limited sensing capabilities. We present algorithms and validate them experimentally in the Player/Stage simulation environment.",
keywords = "Dispersion, Exploration, Robot behaviors, Self-deployment, Swarm approaches",
author = "Steven Damer and Luke Ludwig and Lapoint, {Monica Anderson} and Maria Gini and Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos and John Budenske",
note = "Copyright: Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; Unmanned Systems Technology VIII ; Conference date: 17-04-2006 Through 20-04-2006",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1117/12.668915",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0819462861",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Unmanned Systems Technology VIII",
}