%0 Journal Article %1 deSilva2005Blind %A de Silva, Vin %A Ghrist, Robert %A Muhammad, Abubakr %B Robotics: Science and Systems I - Online Proceedings %C Cambridge, USA %D 2005 %K homology, wsn networks coverage %T Blind Swarms for Coverage in 2-D %U http://www.roboticsproceedings.org/rss01/p44.html %X We consider coverage problems in robot sensor networks with minimal sensing capabilities. In particular, we demonstrate that a "blind" swarm of robots with no localization and only a weak form of distance estimation can rigorously determine coverage in a bounded planar domain of unknown size and shape. The methods we introduce come from algebraic topology.

@article{deSilva2005Blind, abstract = {{We consider coverage problems in robot sensor networks with minimal sensing capabilities. In particular, we demonstrate that a "blind" swarm of robots with no localization and only a weak form of distance estimation can rigorously determine coverage in a bounded planar domain of unknown size and shape. The methods we introduce come from algebraic topology.}}, added-at = {2019-06-10T14:53:09.000+0200}, address = {Cambridge, USA}, author = {de Silva, Vin and Ghrist, Robert and Muhammad, Abubakr}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/235100e339ae5cfc9a2ed0701e9353018/nonancourt}, booktitle = {Robotics: Science and Systems I - Online Proceedings}, citeulike-article-id = {3910331}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.roboticsproceedings.org/rss01/p44.html}, interhash = {28e0e32b937e841a0f8fb9d89a6eda57}, intrahash = {35100e339ae5cfc9a2ed0701e9353018}, keywords = {homology, wsn networks coverage}, month = jun, posted-at = {2009-01-20 10:09:50}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2019-08-01T15:35:04.000+0200}, title = {{Blind Swarms for Coverage in 2-D}}, url = {http://www.roboticsproceedings.org/rss01/p44.html}, year = 2005 }