@inproceedings{c10dd369326648dd9285282a02f828a6,
title = "TENTACLES: Self-configuring robotic radio networks in unknown environments",
abstract = "This paper presents a bio-inspired, distributed control algorithm called TENTACLES for a group of radio robots to move, self-configure and maintain communication between some critical entities (such as humans, command centers, or other systems) in an unknown environment. The basic idea is to direct robots' explorative movements to grow {"}tentacles{"} from entities and establish links when tentacles meet. This approach can self-heal failures of robots and improve communication coverage and quality over time. Experiments in simulations and real robots have shown positive results.",
author = "Chiu, {Harris Chi Ho} and Bo Ryu and Hua Zhu and Pedro Szekely and Rajiv Maheswaran and Craig Rogers and Aram Galstyan and Behnam Salemi and Mike Rubenstein and Shen, {Wei Min}",
year = "2009",
month = dec,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1109/IROS.2009.5354477",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781424438044",
series = "2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009",
pages = "1383--1388",
booktitle = "2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009",
note = "2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009 ; Conference date: 11-10-2009 Through 15-10-2009",
}