Title :
Group behavior control for MARS (micro autonomous robotic system)
Author :
Fukuda, Toshio ; Mizoguchi, Hiroo ; Sekiyama, Kosuke ; Arai, Fumihito
Author_Institution :
Center for Cooperative Res. in Adv. Sci. & Technol., Nagoya Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We present the design of our small robot MARS (micro autonomous robotic system) and basic experiments of group behavior pattern. MARS is small mobile autonomous robot. The robot has sensors, battery and infrared light communication device. In addition, the robot can get programs from the host computer (programmable). We focus on group behavior design (cooperation, competition coordination etc.) to use real robot MARS and we try to realize the phase change of the group behavior pattern. One of our ultimate dream is designing life-like robotics systems, such as ant or fish societies
Keywords :
computer vision; cooperative systems; distributed control; microrobots; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; MARS; ant society; competition coordination; cooperation; fish society; group behavior control; group behavior pattern; infrared light communication device; micro autonomous robotic system; small robot; Batteries; Communication system control; Control systems; Infrared sensors; Mars; Mobile communication; Mobile robots; Optical fiber communication; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Detroit, MI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5180-0
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.1999.772580
