Symbiotic robot organisms: REPLICATOR and SYMBRION projects

Authors:
Serge Kernbach;Eugen Meister;Florian Schlachter;Kristof Jebens;Marc Szymanski;Jens Liedke;Davide Laneri;Lutz Winkler;Thomas Schmickl;Ronald Thenius;Paolo Corradi;Leonardo Ricotti
Affiliations:
University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany;University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany;University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany;University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany;University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany;University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany;University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany;University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany;Karl-Franzens-University, Graz, Austria;Karl-Franzens-University, Graz, Austria;Scuola Superiore, Sant'Anna, Pontedera (PI), Italy;Scuola Superiore, Sant'Anna, Pontedera (PI), Italy
Venue:
PerMIS '08 Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Cooperation and competition among stand - alone swarm agents can increase the collective fitness of the whole system. An interesting form of collective system is demonstrated by some bacteria and fungi, which can build symbiotic organisms. Symbiotic communities can enable new functional capabilities which allow all members to survive better in their environment. In this article we show an overview of two large European projects dealing with new collective robotic systems which utilize principles derived from natural symbiosis. The paper provides also an overview of typical hardware, software and methodological challenges arose along these projects, as well as some prototypes and on-going experiments available on this stage.