Social Integration of Robots into Groups of Cockroaches to Control Self-Organized Choices Export

@article{citeulike:1926703, abstract = {Collective behavior based on self-organization has been shown in group-living animals from insects to vertebrates. These findings have stimulated engineers to investigate approaches for the coordination of autonomous multirobot systems based on self-organization. In this experimental study, we show collective decision-making by mixed groups of cockroaches and socially integrated autonomous robots, leading to shared shelter selection. Individuals, natural or artificial, are perceived as equivalent, and the collective decision emerges from nonlinear feedbacks based on local interactions. Even when in the minority, robots can modulate the collective decision-making process and produce a global pattern not observed in their absence. These results demonstrate the possibility of using intelligent autonomous devices to study and control self-organized behavioral patterns in group-living animals. 10.1126/science.1144259}, author = {Halloy, J. and Sempo, G. and Caprari, G. and Rivault, C. and Asadpour, M. and Tache, F. and Said, I. and Durier, V. and Canonge, S. and Ame, J. M. and Detrain, C. and Correll, N. and Martinoli, A. and Mondada, F. and Siegwart, R. and Deneubourg, J. L.}, citeulike-article-id = {1926703}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1144259}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/318/5853/1155}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18006751}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18006751}, day = {16}, doi = {10.1126/science.1144259}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {robots, self-organization, selforganization, swarms, toread}, month = {November}, number = {5853}, pages = {1155--1158}, posted-at = {2008-08-14 22:52:42}, priority = {2}, title = {Social Integration of Robots into Groups of Cockroaches to Control Self-Organized Choices}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1144259}, volume = {318}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1926703 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1926703 N2 - Collective behavior based on self-organization has been shown in group-living animals from insects to vertebrates. These findings have stimulated engineers to investigate approaches for the coordination of autonomous multirobot systems based on self-organization. In this experimental study, we show collective decision-making by mixed groups of cockroaches and socially integrated autonomous robots, leading to shared shelter selection. Individuals, natural or artificial, are perceived as equivalent, and the collective decision emerges from nonlinear feedbacks based on local interactions. Even when in the minority, robots can modulate the collective decision-making process and produce a global pattern not observed in their absence. These results demonstrate the possibility of using intelligent autonomous devices to study and control self-organized behavioral patterns in group-living animals. 10.1126/science.1144259 IS - 5853 JF - Science EP - 1158 TI - Social Integration of Robots into Groups of Cockroaches to Control Self-Organized Choices VL - 318 SP - 1155 KW - robots KW - self-organization KW - selforganization KW - swarms KW - toread AU - Halloy, J AU - Sempo, G AU - Caprari, G AU - Rivault, C AU - Asadpour, M AU - Tache, F AU - Said, I AU - Durier, V AU - Canonge, S AU - Ame, JM AU - Detrain, C AU - Correll, N AU - Martinoli, A AU - Mondada, F AU - Siegwart, R AU - Deneubourg, JL PY - 2007/11/16/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1144259 ER -