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Figure 8.4 Robots share information only with other robots within their line
of sight or close proximity. Cooperation is based on only a partial view of the
environment.
Figure 8.5 Robots cooperate via a complete connection communications
mechanism that facilitates data sharing.
performance. These results mirror reports from Balch and Arkin
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that more
complex communications frameworks did not guarantee quicker coverage.
Observation-based cooperation can also be found in social potential field meth-
ods. These methods rely upon the recognition of team members in the search field
to facilitate dispersion. ...