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This paper presents our design philosophy for robotic teams involved in distributed exploratory missions, such as military reconnaissance, scientific exploration, and security patrols. It outlines the fundamental requirements of these mission types, finds commonalities among them, analyzes the roles robots can play, and notes research areas requiring greater attention.
This material is based upon work supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Microsystems Technology Office (Distributed Robotics), ARPA Order No. G155, Program Code No. 8H20, issued by DARPA/CMD under Contract MDA972-98-C-0008.
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Hougen, D.F., Erickson, M.D., Rybski, P.E., Stoeter, S.A., Gini, M., Papanikolopoulos, N. (2000). Autonomous Mobile Robots and Distributed Exploratory Missions. In: Parker, L.E., Bekey, G., Barhen, J. (eds) Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 4. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-67919-6_21
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