Using virtual embryogenesis in multi-robot organisms

  • Authors:
  • Markus Dauschan;Ronald Thenius;Thomas Schmickl;Karl Crailsheim

  • Affiliations:
  • Artificial Life Laboratory of the Department of Zoology, Karl-Franzens University Graz, Graz, Austria;Artificial Life Laboratory of the Department of Zoology, Karl-Franzens University Graz, Graz, Austria;Artificial Life Laboratory of the Department of Zoology, Karl-Franzens University Graz, Graz, Austria;Artificial Life Laboratory of the Department of Zoology, Karl-Franzens University Graz, Graz, Austria

  • Venue:
  • ICAIS'11 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Adaptive and intelligent systems
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

We introduce a novel method to apply a pluripotent process of virtual embryogenesis (VE) on modular robotics. The VE software is able to perform simulations on recent computer hardware and can be used to control robotic hardware. Each robot controlled by our VEsoftware mimics a cell within a virtual embryogenesis process and is able to signal other robots to dock, thus initiating or advancing the build process of a multi-robot organism. In addition to that, our system can also be used to perform primitive locomotion e.g. wall avoidance behaviour in single robots.