Simulation Study of a Group-Behavior of Micro-Robots on the Model of Insect’s Behavior

Abstract

Recently, the researches and developments on micro-robots are being carried out. Under such circumstances, how to control such micro-robots will become a main subject hereafter. We will not be able to expect, in general, to make the micro-robot have such higher sensing ability and control function as robots we have now. It is important to study the behavior as a group of micro-robots with only simple function under no hierarchical organization. We assume a micro-robot that only has a simple and vague visual sensor and an ability which is distinguish the same race and others. This paper proposes a method for which such micro-robots, as a group, carry out a task. We suppose the task such as a group of the micro-robots search objects in a working space and carry them to a home position Each micro-robot works under 5 behavior rules to carry out the task. The computer simulation results show that although the micro-robot has one having only simple functions, a group of such micro-robots is able to exhibit the meaningful behavior.