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The development of collective-aware multi-robot systems is crucial for enhancing the efficiency and robustness of robotic applications in multiple fields. These systems enable collaboration, coordination, and resource sharing among robots, leading to improved scalability, adaptability to dynamic environments, and increased overall system robustness. In this work, we want to provide a brief overview of this research topic and identify open challenges.
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This work was funded by: European Union’s Horizon Europe Project No. 101070254 CORESENSE, project COPILOT ref. 2020/EMT6368, funded by the Madrid Government under the R&D Synergic Projects Program, project INSERTION ref. ID2021-127648OBC32 funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. The work of the second author is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under its Program for Technical Assistants PTA2021-020671.
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Fernandez-Cortizas, M., Perez-Saura, D., Sanz, R., Molina, M., Campoy, P. (2024). The Landscape of Collective Awareness in Multi-robot Systems. In: Secchi, C., Marconi, L. (eds) European Robotics Forum 2024. ERF 2024. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-76424-0_17
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