Lek behavior as a model for multi-robot systems

Authors:
Brittany A. Duncan;Patrick D. Ulam;Ronald C. Arkin
Affiliations:
Mobile Robot Laboratory, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA;Mobile Robot Laboratory, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA;Mobile Robot Laboratory, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Venue:
ROBIO'09 Proceedings of the 2009 international conference on Robotics and biomimetics
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Lek behavior is a biological mechanism used by male birds to attract mates by forming a group. This project explores the use of a biological behavior found in many species of birds to form leks to guide the creation of groups of robots. The lek behavior provides a sound basis for multi-robot formation because it demonstrates a group of individual entities forming up around a scarce resource. This behavior can be useful to robots in many situations, with an example scenario the case in which robots were dropped via parachute into an area and then needed to form meaningful task-oriented groups.