Distributed anonymous mobile robots: formation of geometric patterns

Ichiro Suzuki, Masafumi Yamashita

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Abstract

Formation problems of geometric patterns in the plane by the robots are studied. Algorithms are given for converging the robots to a single point and moving the robots to a single point in finite steps. In addition, the class of geometric patterns that the robots can form in terms of their initial configuration are also characterized.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1347-1363
Number of pages17
JournalSIAM Journal on Computing
Volume28
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 1 1999

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Distributed anonymous mobile robots : formation of geometric patterns. / Suzuki, Ichiro; Yamashita, Masafumi.

In: SIAM Journal on Computing, Vol. 28, No. 4, 01.01.1999, p. 1347-1363.

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Suzuki, I & Yamashita, M 1999, 'Distributed anonymous mobile robots: formation of geometric patterns', SIAM Journal on Computing, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 1347-1363. https://doi.org/10.1137/S009753979628292X
Suzuki I, Yamashita M. Distributed anonymous mobile robots: formation of geometric patterns. SIAM Journal on Computing. 1999 Jan 1;28(4):1347-1363. https://doi.org/10.1137/S009753979628292X
Suzuki, Ichiro ; Yamashita, Masafumi. / Distributed anonymous mobile robots : formation of geometric patterns. In: SIAM Journal on Computing. 1999 ; Vol. 28, No. 4. pp. 1347-1363.
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