Title :
An Artificial Lymph Node Architecture for Homeostasis in Collective Robotic Systems
Author :
Mokhtar, Maizura ; Timmis, Jon ; Tyrrell, Andy M. ; Bi, Ran
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Univ. of York, York
Abstract :
The SYMBRION project is concerned with the development of super-large swarms of robots that dock with each other and symbiotically share energy and computational resources to form a single artificial organism. This position paper proposes a software architecture, inspired by the lymph node architecture of the biological immune system, that affords homeostasis of individual and collective robotic systems. When robotic units join together into an artificial organism, they form an ´artificial lymphatic system´, allowing the robotic units to exchange immunological information. This results in the implementation of the organism homeostasis.
Keywords :
artificial limbs; artificial organs; biology computing; control engineering computing; multi-robot systems; software architecture; SYMBRION project; artificial lymph node architecture; artificial lymphatic system´; artificial organism; biological immune system; collective robotic systems; organism homeostasis; software architecture; Cells (biology); Computer architecture; Immune system; Lymph nodes; Lymphatic system; Organisms; Pathogens; Protection; Robot sensing systems; Symbiosis; Artificial Immune System; Homeostasis; Robotic Systems;
Conference_Titel :
Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems Workshops, 2008. SASOW 2008. Second IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Venice
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3553-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3553-1
DOI :
10.1109/SASOW.2008.12
