Distributed robotics is a rapidly growing, interdisciplinary research
area lying at the intersection of computer science, communication and
control systems, and electrical and mechanical engineering. The goal of
the Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS) is to
exchange and stimulate research ideas to realize advanced distributed
robotic systems.
This volume of proceedings includes 43 original contributions presented
at the Tenth International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic
Systems (DARS 2010), which was held in November 2010 at the École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. The selected
papers in this volume are authored by leading researchers from Asia,
Europa, and the Americas, thereby providing a broad coverage and
perspective of the state-of-the-art technologies, algorithms, system
architectures, and applications in distributed robotic systems. The book
is organized into four parts, each representing one critical and
long-term research thrust in the multi-robot community: distributed
sensing (Part I); localization, navigation, and formations (Part II);
coordination algorithms and formal methods (Part III); modularity,
distributed manipulation, and platforms (Part IV).