DARS 2000: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Lynne E. Parker, George A. Bekey, Jacob Barhen (Eds.): Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 4, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems, DARS 2000, October 4-6, 2000, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Springer 2000, ISBN 4-431-70295-4

Introduction

Lynne E. Parker: Current State of the Art in Distributed Autnomous Mobile Robotics. 3-14

Architectures and Development Environments

Mika Vainio, Pekka Appelqvist, Aarne Halme: Control Architecture for an Underwater Robot Society. 15-24
Barry Brian Werger: Ayllu: Distributed Port-attributed Behavior-based Control. 25-34
Olivier Simonin, Alain Liégeois, Philippe Rongier: An Architecture for Reactive Cooperation of Mobile Distributed Robots. 35-44
Stefano Carpin, Carlo Ferrari, Enrico Pagello: A Framework for Distributed Simulation of Multirobot Systems: The VLAB Experience. 45-54
S. Bothelho, Rachid Alami: Robots that Cooperatively Enhance Their Plans. 55-68

Communication and Knowledge Sharing

D. Durabayashi, Katsumi Konishi, Hajime Asama: Performance Evaluation of Autonomous Knowledge Acquisition and Sharing by Intelligent Data Carriers System. 69-78
Louis Hugues: Collective Grounded Representations for Robots. 79-88
Sumiaki Ichikawa, Fumio Hara: Effects of Static and Dynamic Variety in the Character of Robots on Group Intelligence of Multi-robot System. 89-98
P. Molnár, Jens Starke: Communication Fault Tolerance in Distributed Robotic Systems. 99-110

Biological Inspirations

Richard T. Vaughan, Kasper Støy, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, Maja J. Mataric: Blazing a Trail: Insect-inspired Resource Transportation by a Robot Team. 111-120
François Michaud, Paolo Pirjanian, Jonathan Audet, Dominic Létourneau: Artificial Emotion and Social Robotics. 121-130
Gene G. Korienek, Abigail B. Bautista, Tyson H. Harty, Charles Leddon: The Use of Biologically-Inspired Rules to Control a Collective Robotic Arm. 131-144

Reconfigurable Robots

Eiichi Yoshida, Satoshi Murata, Shigeru Kokaji, Kohji Tomita, Haruhisa Kurokawa: Micro Self-Reconfigurable Robotic System using Shape Memory Alloy. 145-154
Andres Castano, R. Chokkalingham, Peter M. Will: Autonomous and Self-Sufficient CONRO Modules for Reconfigurable Robots. 155-164
Cem Ünsal, Han Kiliççöte, Mark Patton, Pradeep K. Khosla: Motion Planning for a Modular Self-Reconfiguring Robotic System. 165-178

Localization

Stergios I. Roumeliotis, George A. Bekey: Distributed Multi-Robot Localization. 179-188
Yoshikazu Arai, Hajime Asama, Hayato Kaetsu, Isao Endo: Distance Measurement in Multi-Robot Systems based on Time Shared Scheduling. 189-198
S. Premvuti, W. Wattanapornprom, M. O-Sot, J. Wattanawejwijit: Relative Position Localizing System for Multiple Autonomous Mobile Robots in Distributed Robotic System. 199-208
Akio Nakamura, Tamio Arai, T. Hiroki, Jun Ota: Development of a Multiple Mobile Robot System Controlled by a Human Realization of Object Command Level. 209-220

Exploration, Mapping, and Model Acquisition

Dean F. Hougen, Michael D. Erickson, Paul E. Rybski, Sascha Stoeter, Maria L. Gini, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos: Autonomous Mobile Robots and Distributed Exploratory Missions. 221-230
Nageswara S. V. Rao: Terrain Model Acquisition by Mobile Robot Teams and n-Connectivity. 231-240
Ioannis M. Rekleitis, Gregory Dudek, Evangelos E. Milios: Graph-Based Exploration using Multiple Robots. 241-250
Göksel Dedeoglu, Gaurav S. Sukhatme: Landmark-based Matching Algorithm for Cooperative Mapping by Autonomous Robots. 251-260
Adam T. Hayes, Alcherio Martinoli, Rodney M. Goodman: Comparing Distributed Exploration Strategies with Simulated and Autonomous Robots. 261-272

Distributed Sensing

Alan F. T. Winfield: Distributed Sensing and Data Collection via Broken Ad Hoc Wireless Connected Networks of Mobile Robots. 273-282
Andrzej J. Kasinski, Piotr Skrzypczynski: Experiments and Results in Multimodal, Distributed, Robotic Perception. 283-292
John T. Feddema, Chris Lewis, Robert A. LaFarge: Cooperative Sentry Vehicles and Differential GPS Leapfrog. 293-304

Multi-Robot Motion Coordination and Tracking

Frank E. Schneider, Dennis Wildermuth, Hans-Ludwig Wolf: Motion Coordination in Formations of Multiple Mobile Robots Using a Potential Field Approach. 305-314
Richard T. Vaughan, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, Francisco J. Mesa-Martinez, James F. Montgomery: Fly Spy: Lightweight Localization and Target Tracking for Cooperating Air and Ground Robots. 315-324
Tomoyuki Kaga, Jens Starke, P. Molnár, Michael Schanz, Toshio Fukuda: Dynamic Robot-Target Assignment - Dependence of Recovering from Breakdowns on the Speed of the Selection Process. 325-334
M. R. Hitchings, L. J. B. Vlacic, Z. O'Sullivan: Fuzzy Control of Distance and Motion Tracking Applied to Cooperative Autonomous Robots. 335-346
Barry Brian Werger, Maja J. Mataric: Broadcast of Local Elibility for Multi-Target Observation. 347-356
B. W. Minten, Robin R. Murphy, Jeff Hyams, Mark Micire: A Communication-Free Behavior for Docking Mobile Robots. 357-370

Multi-Robot Learning

Patrick Riley, Manuela M. Veloso: On Behavior Classification in Adversarial Environments. 371-380
Poj Tangamchit, John M. Dolan, Pradeep K. Khosla: Learning-Based Task Allocation in Decentralized Multirobot System. 381-390
Lynne E. Parker, Claude F. Touzet: Multi-Robot Learning in a Cooperative Observation Task. 391-402
Jacob Barhen, Vladimir A. Protopopescu: Ultra-Fast Neural Network Training for Robot Learning from Uncertain Data. 403-416

Cooperative Object Transport

C. K. Humberstone, K. B. Smith: Object Transport Using Multiple Mobile Robots With Pin Joint Endeffectors. 417-426
Yuichi Asahiro, Eric Chung-Hui Chang, Amol Dattatraya Mali, Syunsuke Nagafuji, Ichiro Suzuki, Masafumi Yamashita: Distributed Motion Generation for Two Omni-Directional Robots Carrying Ladder. 427-436
H. Oyobe, R. Marutani, Y. Hori: Experimental Manufacturing of Object Transfer System "Magic Carpet" Consisting of Actuator Array with Autonomous Decentralized Control. 437-446
Zhi Dong Wang, Y. Kimura, Takayuki Takahashi, Eiji Nakano: A Control Method of a Multiple Non-holonomic Robot System for Cooperative Object Transportation. 447-456
T. Sawada, A. Sugai, Sumiaki Ichikawa, Fumio Hara: Structural Characteristics of Intelligence and Embodiment in Two-Mobile Robots Systems. 457-468