Title :
Shepherding Behaviors with Multiple Shepherds
Author :
Lien, Jyh-Ming ; Rodriguez, Samuel ; Malric, Jean-Phillipe ; Amato, Nancy M.
Author_Institution :
Parasol Lab, Texas A& M; neilien@cs.tamu.edu
Abstract :
Shepherding behaviors are a type of group be haviors in which one group (the shepherds) tries to control the motion of another group (the flock). Shepherding behaviors can be found in many forms in nature and have various important robotic applications. In this paper we extend our previous work of shepherding behaviors with a single shepherd to multiple shepherds. More specifically, we study how a group of shepherds can work cooperatively without communication to efficiently control the flock.
Keywords :
Computer Animation; Flocking; Multiple Shepherds; Shepherd ing; Animals; Animation; Application software; Communication system control; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Dogs; Motion control; Petroleum; Robot kinematics; Computer Animation; Flocking; Multiple Shepherds; Shepherd ing;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2005. ICRA 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8914-X
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570636