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Artificial Pheromone System using RFID for Autonomous Navigation

Herianto Herianto, Daisuke Kurabayashi

Abstract


This paper presents a progress in a project that aim to implement autonomous navigation with artificial pheromone system. By introducing artificial pheromone system composed of data carriers and autonomous robots, the robotic system creates a potential field to navigate their group. We have developed a pheromone density model to realize the function of pheromones with the help of data carriers. We intend to show the effectiveness of the proposed system by performing simulations. The pheromone potential field system can be used in a transportation network system.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21535%2FProICIUS.2007.v3.616

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