Flocking: don't need no stinkin' robot recognition Conference Paper

abstract

• Flocking is a common and widely studied spatial behavior exhibited by groups. This work highlights inconsistencies in the presentation of motion rules used for flocking, by implementing the well known rule by Hamilton on a robot system. We address a common assumption regarding the form of input to the motion rule: detection of whole agents and suggest that such detection is not necessarily justified. Our multi-robot system successfully exhibits flocking behaviors using an alternative detection method based entirely on low level sensor data. Furthermore, we show (under certain parameter settings), the behaviors exhibited by the agent-based and sensor-based detection are equivalent. We also discuss the various dynamics and implications the chosen detection process has on the behaviors of a motion rule. 2011 IEEE.

name of conference

• 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011)

authors

• Shell, Dylan

published proceedings

• 2011 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS

author list (cited authors)

• Fine, B. T., & Shell, D. A.

complete list of authors

• Fine, Benjamin T||Shell, Dylan A

publication date

• September 2011

publisher

• IEEE  Publisher

published in

• Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/iros.2011.6048876

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781612844541

start page

• 5001

end page

• 5006