Experimenting with a robotic system for localizing magnetic field sources

In this paper we present the implementation and the preliminary experimental validation of a distributed robotic system for monitoring magnetic fields. In particular, we concentrate on localizing magnetic field sources starting from measurements performed by mobile robots equipped with magnetic sensors.

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