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Agreement on stochastic multi-robot systems with communication failures by Shaw, Fayette W, Chiu, Albert, McLurkin, James D

“…Agreement algorithms allow individual agents in a population to estimate a global quantity by sharing information. A common example is computing the global…”
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Controlling many differential-drive robots with uniform control inputs by Becker, Aaron, Onyuksel, Cem, Bretl, Timothy, McLurkin, James

“…This paper derives both open-loop and closed-loop control policies that steer a finite set of differential-drive robots to desired positions in a…”
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Composable continuous-space programs for robotic swarms by Bachrach, Jonathan, Beal, Jacob, McLurkin, James

“…Programmability is an increasingly important barrier to the deployment of multi-robot systems, as no prior approach allows routine composition and reuse of…”
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Massive uniform manipulation: Controlling large populations of simple robots with a common input signal by Becker, Aaron, Habibi, Golnaz, Werfel, Justin, Rubenstein, Michael, McLurkin, James

“…Roboticists, biologists, and chemists are now producing large populations of simple robots, but controlling large populations of robots with limited…”
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Structured triangulation in multi-robot systems: Coverage, patrolling, Voronoi partitions, and geodesic centers by Lee, Seoung Kyou, Fekete, Sándor P., McLurkin, James

“…We present a fundamental framework for organizing exploration, coverage, and surveillance by a swarm of robots with limited individual capabilities, based on…”
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Using Multi-Robot Systems for Engineering Education: Teaching and Outreach With Large Numbers of an Advanced, Low-Cost Robot by McLurkin, J., Rykowski, J., John, M., Kaseman, Q., Lynch, A. J.

“…This paper describes the experiences of using an advanced, low-cost robot in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. It presents…”
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Exact range and bearing control of many differential-drive robots with uniform control inputs by Becker, Aaron, McLurkin, James

“…In this paper we investigate controlling many nonholonomic unicycles that each receive exactly the same inputs. The robots are almost homogeneous, but each…”
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Scale-free coordinates for multi-robot systems with bearing-only sensors by Cornejo, Alejandro, Lynch, Andrew J., Fudge, Elizabeth, Bilstein, Siegfried, Khabbazian, Majid, McLurkin, James

“…We propose scale-free coordinates as an alternative coordinate system for multi-robot systems with large robot populations. Scale-free coordinates allow each…”
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An Asymmetric Distributed Method for Sorting a Robot Swarm by Yu Zhou, Goldman, Ron, McLurkin, James

“…We consider the problem of sorting a swarm of labeled robots in Euclidean space. Our goal is to organize the robots into a sorted and equally-spaced straight…”
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Lower Bounds for Graph Exploration Using Local Policies by Akash, Aditya Kumar, Fekete, Sándor, Lee, Seoung Kyou, López-Ortiz, Alejandro, Maftuleac, Daniela, McLurkin, James

“…We give lower bounds for various natural node- and edge-based local strategies for exploring a graph. We consider this problem both in the setting of an…”
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Distributed cohesive configuration control for swarm robots with boundary information and network sensing by Seoung Kyou Lee, McLurkin, James

“…In this paper, we present flocking with cohesive configuration control - motion controllers that allow multiple robots to move through the environment as a…”
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A robot system design for low-cost multi-robot manipulation by McLurkin, James, McMullen, Adam, Robbins, Nick, Habibi, Golnaz, Becker, Aaron, Chou, Alvin, Hao Li, John, Meagan, Okeke, Nnena, Rykowski, Joshua, Kim, Sunny, Xie, William, Vaughn, Taylor, Yu Zhou, Shen, Jennifer, Chen, Nelson, Kaseman, Quillan, Langford, Lindsay, Hunt, Jeremy, Boone, Amanda, Koch, Kevin

“…Multi-robot manipulation allows for scalable environmental interaction, which is critical for multi-robot systems to have an impact on our world. A successful…”
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A parallel distributed strategy for arraying a scattered robot swarm by Krupke, Dominik, Hemmer, Michael, McLurkin, James, Yu Zhou, Fekete, Sandor P.

“…We consider the problem of organizing a scattered group of n robots in two-dimensional space. The communication graph of the swarm is connected, but there is…”
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Distributed deformable configuration control for Multi-Robot systems by Seoung Kyou Lee, Kim, Daniel, Dong Suk Shin, Taeho Jang, McLurkin, James

“…In this paper, we present deformable configuration control - a fully distributed algorithm that allows multiple robots to deform their configuration to avoid…”
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Geodesic topological voronoi tessellations in triangulated environments with multi-robot systems by Seoung Kyou Lee, Fekete, Sandor P., McLurkin, James

“…Positioning a group of robots at the center of their geodesic Voronoi cells minimizes the worst-case response time for any robot to arrive at an exogenous…”
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Composable continuous-space programs for robotic swarms : Swarm robotics by BACHRACH, Jonathan, BEAL, Jacob, MCLURKIN, James

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A Distributed boundary detection algorithm for multi-robot systems by McLurkin, J., Demaine, E.D.

“…We describe a distributed boundary detection algorithm suitable for use on multi-robot systems with dynamic network topologies. We assume that each robot has…”
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Distributed centroid estimation and motion controllers for collective transport by multi-robot systems by Habibi, Golnaz, Kingston, Zachary, Xie, William, Jellins, Mathew, McLurkin, James

“…This paper presents four distributed motion controllers to enable a group of robots to collectively transport an object towards a guide robot. These…”
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Particle computation: Designing worlds to control robot swarms with only global signals by Becker, Aaron, Demaine, Erik D., Fekete, Sandor P., McLurkin, James

“…Micro- and nanorobots are often controlled by global input signals, such as an electromagnetic or gravitational field. These fields move each robot maximally…”
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Crowdsourcing swarm manipulation experiments: A massive online user study with large swarms of simple robots by Becker, Aaron, Ertel, Chris, McLurkin, James

“…Micro- and nanorobotics have the potential to revolutionize many applications including targeted material delivery, assembly, and surgery. The same properties…”
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