About this Research Topic
The root of the word “communication” in Latin is communicare, which means to share, or to make common. Communication is usually defined as the transmission of information. We can see in nature that communication gets passed from one organism to another and the level of consciousness and intelligence in living things is directly proportional to the level of communication. In recent years, with the developments in software and hardware technologies, the consciousness and intelligence level of robots has been increasing. This naturally increases the need for communication between robots. This Research Topic will focus on the interactions between multiple robots and interactions between robots and other conscious beings.
In the early days, robots only worked with the principle of "execute the order" with master-slave logic. In this logic, the master gives the order, the slave executes the order. In multi-robot systems, slaves can be many, while the master is the singular center. However, especially in multi-robot applications, the robots need to communicate by themselves without any master and complete tasks. Therefore, the aim of this Research Topic is to develop communication models between robots and other conscious beings, to explore the theories and problems of these models and to propose solutions.
The scope of this Research Topic focuses on the communication of robots with robots of either the same or different type, as well as communication and with other conscious beings. We encourage submissions on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
• Communication in robots
• Human–robot communication
• Communication techniques and theories between multiple robots
• Communication techniques and theories between robots and conscious beings
• Task allocations in multi-robot systems
• Task sharing in multi-robot systems
• Real-time communication networks for robots
In the early days, robots only worked with the principle of "execute the order" with master-slave logic. In this logic, the master gives the order, the slave executes the order. In multi-robot systems, slaves can be many, while the master is the singular center. However, especially in multi-robot applications, the robots need to communicate by themselves without any master and complete tasks. Therefore, the aim of this Research Topic is to develop communication models between robots and other conscious beings, to explore the theories and problems of these models and to propose solutions.
The scope of this Research Topic focuses on the communication of robots with robots of either the same or different type, as well as communication and with other conscious beings. We encourage submissions on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
• Communication in robots
• Human–robot communication
• Communication techniques and theories between multiple robots
• Communication techniques and theories between robots and conscious beings
• Task allocations in multi-robot systems
• Task sharing in multi-robot systems
• Real-time communication networks for robots
Keywords: Communication in mobile robots, Communication in Industrial robots, Bi-directional communication between multiple robots, Communication Between Humans and Robots, Real-time Communication Networks for Robots
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