Title :
A performance sensitive hormone-inspired system for task distribution amongst evolving robots
Author :
Walker, Joanne ; Wilson, Myra
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Aberystwyth Univ., Aberystwyth
Abstract :
A hormone-inspired task scheduling method is described which assigns tasks to a group of robots, taking into account the robotspsila performances. This method draws on previous work using endocrine-based methodologies, and incorporates existing evolutionary robotics methods. In the resulting system, robot performance data, generated as part of evolution, is used to autonomously reassign tasks amongst the group, without the use of a central controller.
Keywords :
evolutionary computation; multi-robot systems; scheduling; endocrine-based methodologies; evolutionary robotics methods; evolving robots; hormone-inspired task scheduling method; performance sensitive hormone-inspired system; task distribution; Biochemistry; Evolution (biology); Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Robots; Sensitivity; Training;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2008. IROS 2008. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2057-5
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2008.4650951