中文摘要：

为了完成规定任务，群机器人中的个体机器人之间须进行协调合作，这有赖于机器人在有限感知和局部交互基础上的群体智能行为涌现，故对群机器人系统中的通信研究现状进行述评。首先对通信机制进行了划分，指出隐式通信的效率较显式通信为低，且作为人工系统的群机器人中更多采用显式通信机制。针对显式通信，通过对通信方式、网络拓扑结构、通信协议及通信语言等主要内容进行阐述，明确群机器人中通信研究的现状，并对该领域的研究方向进行了展望。

英文摘要：

To complete the assigned tasks,the individual robots have to cooperate within swarm robotic system,which works depending on intelligence emerged from limited senses and local interactions of robots.Thus the state-of-arts of communication research in swarm robotics are surveyed.First,three main communication mechanisms and their characteristics are de- scribed and the explicit communication mode is considered efficient than the implicit.As for the explicit communication,the research situations are emphasized by enumerating the aspects surrounding communication style,network topology,communication protocol,and communication language.Finally,the direction of future study in this field is presented.