{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,14]],"date-time":"2026-02-14T21:33:35Z","timestamp":1771104815818,"version":"3.50.1"},"publisher-location":"Berlin, Heidelberg","reference-count":26,"publisher":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","isbn-type":[{"value":"9783540242963","type":"print"},{"value":"9783540305521","type":"electronic"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2005]]},"DOI":"10.1007\/978-3-540-30552-1_8","type":"book-chapter","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,7,2]],"date-time":"2010-07-02T22:51:15Z","timestamp":1278111075000},"page":"84-97","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":59,"title":["An Overview of Physicomimetics"],"prefix":"10.1007","author":[{"given":"William M.","family":"Spears","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Diana F.","family":"Spears","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Rodney","family":"Heil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Wesley","family":"Kerr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Suranga","family":"Hettiarachchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"297","reference":[{"key":"8_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Spears, W., Gordon, D.: Using artificial physics to control agents. In: IEEE International Conference on Information, Intelligence, and Systems, Washington, DC, pp. 281\u2013288 (1999)","DOI":"10.1109\/ICIIS.1999.810278"},{"key":"8_CR2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"299","DOI":"10.1007\/978-4-431-65941-9_30","volume-title":"Sixth International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotics Systems","author":"A. Howard","year":"2002","unstructured":"Howard, A., Matari\u0107, M., Sukhatme, G.: Mobile sensor network deployment using potential fields: A distributed, scalable solution to the area coverage problem. In: Sixth International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotics Systems, Fukuoka, Japan, pp. 299\u2013308. ACM, New York (2002)"},{"key":"8_CR3","series-title":"Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"193","DOI":"10.1007\/978-3-540-45133-4_16","volume-title":"Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems","author":"D. Gordon-Spears","year":"2003","unstructured":"Gordon-Spears, D., Spears, W.: Analysis of a phase transition in a physics-based multiagent system. In: Hinchey, M.G., Rash, J.L., Truszkowski, W.F., Rouff, C.A., Gordon-Spears, D.F. (eds.) FAABS 2002. LNCS (LNAI), vol.\u00a02699, pp. 193\u2013207. Springer, Heidelberg (2003)"},{"key":"8_CR4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"431","DOI":"10.1017\/S000192400009223X","volume":"106","author":"J. Kellogg","year":"2002","unstructured":"Kellogg, J., Bovais, C., Foch, R., McFarlane, H., Sullivan, C., Dahlburg, J., Gardner, J., Ramamurti, R., Gordon-Spears, D., Hartley, R., Kamgar-Parsi, B., Pipitone, F., Spears, W., Sciambi, A., Srull, D.: The NRL micro tactical expendable (MITE) air vehicle. The Aeronautical Journal\u00a0106, 431\u2013441 (2002)","journal-title":"The Aeronautical Journal"},{"key":"8_CR5","volume-title":"Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems","author":"D. Zarzhitsky","year":"2005","unstructured":"Zarzhitsky, D., Spears, D., Thayer, D., Spears, W.: Agent-based chemical plume tracing using fluid dynamics. In: Hinchey, M., Rash, J., Truszkowski, W., Rouff, C. (eds.) Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems, Greenbelt, MD. Springer, Heidelberg (2005)"},{"key":"8_CR6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Spears, W., Spears, D., Hamann, J., Heil, R.: Distributed, physics-based control of swarms of vehicles. Autonomous Robots\u00a017 (2004)","DOI":"10.1023\/B:AURO.0000033970.96785.f2"},{"key":"8_CR7","volume-title":"Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems","author":"W. Spears","year":"2005","unstructured":"Spears, W., Spears, D.: A formal analysis of potential energy in a multiagent system. In: Hinchey, M., Rash, J., Truszkowski, W., Rouff, C. (eds.) Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems, Greenbelt, MD. Springer, Heidelberg (2005)"},{"key":"8_CR8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"90","DOI":"10.1177\/027836498600500106","volume":"5","author":"O. Khatib","year":"1986","unstructured":"Khatib, O.: Real-time obstacle avoidance for manipulators and mobile robots. International Journal of Robotics Research\u00a05, 90\u201398 (1986)","journal-title":"International Journal of Robotics Research"},{"key":"8_CR9","volume-title":"Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems","author":"W. Kerr","year":"2005","unstructured":"Kerr, W., Spears, D., Spears, W., Thayer, D.: Two formal fluids models for multiagent sweeping and obstacle avoidance. In: Hinchey, M., Rash, J., Truszkowski, W., Rouff, C. (eds.) Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems, Greenbelt, MD. Springer, Heidelberg (2005)"},{"key":"8_CR10","unstructured":"Kerr, W., Spears, D., Spears, W., Thayer, D.: Swarm coverage through a partially obstructed corridor (in preparation)"},{"key":"8_CR11","unstructured":"Spears, W., Heil, R., Spears, D., Zarzhitsky, D.: Physicomimetics for mobile robot formations. In: International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (2004)"},{"key":"8_CR12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Gordon, D., Spears, W., Sokolsky, O., Lee, I.: Distributed spatial control, global monitoring and steering of mobile physical agents. In: IEEE International Conference on Information, Intelligence, and Systems, Washington, DC, pp. 681\u2013688 (1999)","DOI":"10.1109\/ICIIS.1999.810365"},{"key":"8_CR13","unstructured":"Navarro-Serment, L., Paredis, Khosla, P.: A beacon system for the localization of distributed robotic teams. In: International Conference on Field and Service Robots, Pittsburgh, PA, pp. 232\u2013237 (1999)"},{"key":"8_CR14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Fax, J., Murray, R.: Information flow and cooperative control of vehicle formations. In: IFAC World Congress, Barcelona, Spain (2002)","DOI":"10.3182\/20020721-6-ES-1901.00100"},{"key":"8_CR15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Olfati-Saber, R., Murray, R.: Distributed cooperative control of multiple vehicle formations using structural potential functions. In: IFAC World Congress, Barcelona, Spain (2002)","DOI":"10.3182\/20020721-6-ES-1901.00244"},{"key":"8_CR16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1093\/oso\/9780195131581.001.0001","volume-title":"Swarm Intelligence: From Natural to Artificial Systems","author":"E. Bonabeau","year":"1999","unstructured":"Bonabeau, E., Dorigo, M., Theraulaz, G.: Swarm Intelligence: From Natural to Artificial Systems. Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity. Oxford University Press, Oxford (1999)"},{"key":"8_CR17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Beni., G., Hackwood, S.: Stationary waves in cyclic swarms. Intelligent Control, 234\u2013242 (1992)","DOI":"10.1109\/ISIC.1992.225097"},{"key":"8_CR18","unstructured":"Beni, G., Wang, J.: Swarm intelligence. In: Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Robotics Society of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 425\u2013428 (1989)"},{"key":"8_CR19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1109\/70.660834","volume":"14","author":"T. Balch","year":"1998","unstructured":"Balch, T., Arkin, R.: Behavior-based formation control for multi-robot teams. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automata\u00a014, 1\u201315 (1998)","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automata"},{"key":"8_CR20","unstructured":"Balch, T., Hybinette, M.: Social potentials for scalable multirobot formations. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automata (2000)"},{"key":"8_CR21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Matari\u0107, M.: Designing and understanding adaptive group behavior. Technical report, CS Dept, Brandeis Univ (1995)","DOI":"10.1177\/105971239500400104"},{"key":"8_CR22","unstructured":"Payton, D., Daily, M., Hoff, B., Howard, M., Lee, C.: Pheromone robotics. In: SPIE Symposium on Intelligence Systems and Manufacturing, Boston, MA (2000)"},{"key":"8_CR23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Wu, A., Schultz, A., Agah, A.: Evolving control for distributed micro air vehicles. In: IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, Belgium, pp. 174\u2013179 (1999)","DOI":"10.1109\/CIRA.1999.810045"},{"key":"8_CR24","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"905","DOI":"10.1109\/70.976023","volume":"17","author":"J. Desai","year":"2001","unstructured":"Desai, J., Ostrowski, J., Kumar, V.: Modeling and control of formations of nonholonomic mobile robots. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation\u00a017, 905\u2013908 (2001)","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation"},{"key":"8_CR25","first-page":"87","volume-title":"Multi-Robot Systems","author":"D. Vail","year":"2003","unstructured":"Vail, D., Veloso, M.: Multi-robot dynamic role assignment and coordination through shared potential fields. In: Schultz, A., Parker, L., Schneider, F. (eds.) Multi-Robot Systems, Hingham, MA, pp. 87\u201398. Kluwer, Dordrecht (2003)"},{"issue":"3","key":"8_CR26","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"171","DOI":"10.1016\/S0921-8890(99)00004-4","volume":"27","author":"J. Reif","year":"1999","unstructured":"Reif, J., Wang, H.: Social potential fields: A distributed behavioral control for autonomous robots. Robotics and Autonomous Systems\u00a027(3), 171\u2013194 (1999)","journal-title":"Robotics and Autonomous Systems"}],"container-title":["Lecture Notes in Computer Science","Swarm Robotics"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/978-3-540-30552-1_8.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,22]],"date-time":"2025-02-22T15:47:02Z","timestamp":1740239222000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/10.1007\/978-3-540-30552-1_8"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2005]]},"ISBN":["9783540242963","9783540305521"],"references-count":26,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-540-30552-1_8","relation":{},"ISSN":["0302-9743","1611-3349"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0302-9743","type":"print"},{"value":"1611-3349","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2005]]}}}