Publication detail

Immune network control for stigmergy based foraging behaviour of autonomous mobile robots

ZEZULKA, F., BRADÁČ, Z.

Original Title

Immune network control for stigmergy based foraging behaviour of autonomous mobile robots

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

The paper presents a series of experiments in a simulated environment where two autonomous mobile robots gather randomly distributed objects and cluster them on a pile. The co-ordination of the robots’ movements is achieved through stigmergy (an indirect form of communication through the environment). The random moves, necessary for stigmergy based foraging behaviour, make the task solution a time consuming process. In order to speed up the foraging behaviour, the immune network robot control is proposed. Stigmergic principles are coded in two artificial immune networks}for a collision free goal following behaviour and for an object picking up/dropping behaviour. Simulations confirm the improved performance of the foraging behaviour under the proposed immune network control. Copyright # 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Key words in English

foraging behaviour; stigmergy; immune network; autonomous mobile robot

Authors

ZEZULKA, F., BRADÁČ, Z.

RIV year

2006

Released

1. 1. 2006

ISBN

1099-1115

Periodical

Wiley InterScience

Year of study

2006

Number

9

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

1

Pages to

22

Pages count

22

BibTex

@article{BUT44207,
  author="František {Zezulka} and Zdeněk {Bradáč} and Velichka {Georgieva} and Diana {Tsankova}",
  title="Immune network control for stigmergy based foraging behaviour of autonomous mobile robots",
  journal="Wiley InterScience",
  year="2006",
  volume="2006",
  number="9",
  pages="22",
  issn="1099-1115"
}