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This paper details an endocrine based system which automatically reassigns tasks among heterogeneous robots dependent on the ability of the robot to do the task. This ability (or sensitivity) to a task is initialised for each individual robot after an evolutionary training stage, then constantly adapts as the robots perform the various tasks. The system does not require a centralised controller, and relies on little communication between the robots.
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Walker, J.H., Wilson, M.S. (2013). Endocrine Control for Task Distribution among Heterogeneous Robots. In: Martinoli, A., et al. Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 83. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32723-0_33
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