TY - GEN
T1 - Alice in pheromone land
T2 - 2007 IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium, SIS 2007
AU - Garnier, Simon
AU - Tâche, Fabien
AU - Combe, Maud
AU - Grimal, Anne
AU - Theraulaz, Guy
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The pheromone trail laying and trail following behaviors of ants have proved to be an efficient mechanism to optimize path selection in natural as well as in artificial networks. Despite this efficiency, this mechanism is under-used in collective robotics because of the chemical nature of pheromones. In this paper we present a new experimental setup which allows to investigate with real robots the properties of a robotics systems using such behaviors. To validate our setup, we present the results of an experiment in which a group of 5 robots has to select between two identical alternatives a path linking two different areas. Moreover, a set of computer simulations provides a more complete exploration of the properties of this system. At last, experimental and simulation results lead us to interesting prediction that will be testable in our setup.
AB - The pheromone trail laying and trail following behaviors of ants have proved to be an efficient mechanism to optimize path selection in natural as well as in artificial networks. Despite this efficiency, this mechanism is under-used in collective robotics because of the chemical nature of pheromones. In this paper we present a new experimental setup which allows to investigate with real robots the properties of a robotics systems using such behaviors. To validate our setup, we present the results of an experiment in which a group of 5 robots has to select between two identical alternatives a path linking two different areas. Moreover, a set of computer simulations provides a more complete exploration of the properties of this system. At last, experimental and simulation results lead us to interesting prediction that will be testable in our setup.
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U2 - 10.1109/SIS.2007.368024
DO - 10.1109/SIS.2007.368024
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34548798729
SN - 1424407087
SN - 9781424407088
T3 - Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium, SIS 2007
SP - 37
EP - 44
BT - Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium, SIS 2007
Y2 - 1 April 2007 through 5 April 2007
ER -