A study on biologically inspired flocking robots

Abstract

Many livings form groups that we consider as collective systems. Their collective behaviors are good model for the development of useful distributed systems. In this paper, we discuss two types of motile dynamics from- a viewpoint of "interaction and intelligence. " One is collective motion in a system of motile elements, and the other is foraging behavior of interacting elements. At first, we propose simple physical dynamics of motile elements that shows various types of dynamics and patterns. Next, vie introduce more simple dynamics in each element and discussed the group performance. Here we charged the group with foraging task and measured their efficiency focusing on the number effect.