Implementing schema-theoretic models of animal behavior in robotic systems

Author

Ali, Khaled S. ; Arkin, Ronald C.

Author_Institution

Coll. of Comput., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

29 Jun-1 Jul 1998

Firstpage

246

Lastpage

253

Abstract

Formal models of animal sensorimotor behavior can provide effective methods for generating robotic intelligence. We describe how schema-theoretic models of the praying mantis are implemented on a hexapod robot equipped with a real-time color vision system. The model upon which the implementation is based was developed by ethologists studying mantids. This implementation incorporates a wide range of behaviors, including obstacle avoidance, prey acquisition, predator avoidance, mating, and chantlitaxia behaviors

Keywords

artificial life; image colour analysis; legged locomotion; multi-agent systems; path planning; robot vision; animal behavior; animal sensorimotor behavior; chantlitaxia behaviors; formal models; hexapod robot; mating; obstacle avoidance; praying mantis; predator avoidance; prey acquisition; real-time color vision system; robotic intelligence; robotic systems; schema-theoretic models; Animal behavior; Biological system modeling; Educational institutions; Intelligent robots; Laboratories; Machine vision; Mobile robots; Real time systems; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Motion Control, 1998. AMC '98-Coimbra., 1998 5th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Coimbra

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4484-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AMC.1998.743544

Filename

743544