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Morphology Dependent Distributed Controller for Locomotion in Modular Robots
Get PDFStigmergy is defined as a mechanism of coordination through indirect communication among agents, which can be commonly observed in social insects such as ants. In this work we investigate the emergence of coordination for locomotion in modular robots through indirect communication among modules. We demonstrate how intra-configuration forces that exist between physically connected modules can be used for self-organization in modular robots, and how the emerging global behavior is a result of the morphology of the robotic configuration
Towards Modular Spatio-temporal Perception for Task-adapting Robots
Get PDFIn perception systems for object recognition, the advantage of multiple modalities, of combining approaches, and several views is emphasized, as they improve accuracy. However, there are great variances in the implementation, suggesting that there is no consensus yet on how to approach this problem. Nonetheless, we can identify some common features of the methods and propose a flexible system where existing and future approaches can be tested, compared and combined. We present a modular system in which perception routines can be easily added, and define the logic of making them work together based on the lessons learned from different experiments
A synchrony based approach for human robot interaction
Get PDFAs psychologists considered synchrony as an important parameter for social interaction, we hypothesize that in the case of social interaction, people focus their attention on regions of interest where the visual stimuli are synchronized with their inner dynamics. Then, we assume that a mechanism able to detect synchrony between internal dynamics of a robot and external visual stimuli can be used as a starting point for human robot interaction. Inspired by human psychological and neurobiological data, we propose a synchrony based neural network architecture capable of selecting the robot interaction partner and of locating Focus of Attention
