Re-embodiment of Honeybee Aggregation Behavior in an Artificial Micro-Robotic System

Authors:
Serge Kernbach;Ronald Thenius;Olga Kernbach;Thomas Schmickl
Affiliations:
Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Universityof Stuttgart, Germany;Department of Zoology, University of Graz, Austria,;Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Universityof Stuttgart, Germany;Department of Zoology, University of Graz, Austria
Venue:
Adaptive Behavior - Animals, Animats, Software Agents, Robots, Adaptive Systems
Year:
2009

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Abstract

In this article we describe the re-embodiment of biological aggregation behavior of honeybees in Jasmine micro-robots. The observed insect behavior, in the context of the insect's sensor-actor system, is formalized as behavioral and motion-sensing meta-models. These meta-models are transformed into a sensor-actor system of micro-robots by means of a sensors virtualization technique. This allows us to keep the efficiency and scalability of the bio-inspired approach. We also demonstrate the systematic character of this re-embodiment procedure on collective aggregation in a real robotic swarm.