This work introduces various topics, from concepts to the latest research, on cellular and micro-robotic systems. The cellular robotic system is a self-organizing robotic system composed of a large number of autonomous robotic units, named "cells". This idea came from the organic structure of a living body. Several topics in this area are covered, such as swarm intelligence, communications and robotic mechanisms. Micro-mechanisms, control and intelligence, with respect to this system are treated here. The combination of both technologies will prepare the way for a new paradigm in the field of...

The 6th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2002) was held in June 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan, a decade after the first DARS symposium was convened. This book, containing the proceedings of the symposium, provides broad coverage of the technical issues in the current state of the art in distributed autonomous systems composed of multiple robots, robotic modules, or robotic agents. DARS 2002 dealt with new strategies for realizing complex, modular, robust, and fault-tolerant robotic systems, and this volume covers the technical areas of system design, modeling,...