Learning and Foraging in Robot-bees
نویسنده
چکیده
Honey-bees have long served as a model organism for investigating insect navigation and collective behavior: they exhibit division of labor and are an example of insect societies where direct communication between workers enable cooperation in the task of collecting nectar and pollen for the colony. However, honey-bees seem to learn about their environment progressively before becoming foragers and displaying the very complex collective behaviors that have inspired researchers interested in collective intelligence. Motivated by recent researches by biologists and neuroscien-tists on the individual learning in honey-bees, we have implemented a hebbian-learning model and tested it in a foraging task with an autonomous mobile robot (a robot-bee). Then, we used a second learning model that merges unsupervised learning and reinforcement learning techniques. We present some experimental results, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of both models, and describe future directions of research.
منابع مشابه
Simple Model of Learning and Collective Decision Making during Nectar Source Selection by Honey Bees
Swarm Robotics is an area of active research interest where groups of robots coordinate and perform collective tasks. Existing approaches to Learning and Collective Decision Making amongst a group of robots is complex. In this paper, we propose a simple model of learning and collective decision making in honey bees engaged in foraging for suitable nectar-sites. Our simple model takes into consi...
متن کاملEvolution of Biped Locomotion Using Bees Algorithm , Based On Truncated Fourier Series
Abstract— In this paper, a simple Fourier series based algorithm has been used to achieve stable locomotion in an NAO biped robot, with 22 degrees of freedom that implemented in a virtual physics-based simulation environment of Robocup soccer simulation environment. The algorithm uses a Truncated Fourier Series (TFS) to generate control signal for the biped robot. To find the best angular traje...
متن کاملColour learning when foraging for nectar and pollen: bees learn two colours at once
Bees are model organisms for the study of learning and memory, yet nearly all such research to date has used a single reward, nectar. Many bees collect both nectar (carbohydrates) and pollen (protein) on a single foraging bout, sometimes from different plant species. We tested whether individual bumblebees could learn colour associations with nectar and pollen rewards simultaneously in a foragi...
متن کاملA Novel Control Design for Rigid-Link Electrically-Driven Robot Manipulator Using RISE Feedback and Bees Algorithm
Abstract n this paper, a Robust Integral of the Sign Error (RISE) feedback controller is designed for a Rigid-Link Electrically Driven (RLED) robot manipulator actuated by direct current DC motor in presence of parametric uncertainties and additive disturbances. RISE feedback with implicitly learning capability is a continuous control method based on the Lyapunov stability analysis to compensat...
متن کاملSocial Learning in Bumblebees (Bombus impatiens): Worker Bumblebees Learn to Manipulate and Forage at Artificial Flowers by Observation and Communication within the Colony
Social learning occurs when one individual learns from another, mainly conspecific, often by observation, imitation, or communication.Using artificial flowers, we studied social learning by allowing test bumblebees to (a) see dead bumblebees arranged in foraging positions or (b) watch live bumblebees actually foraging or (c) communicate with nestmates within their colony without having seen for...
متن کامل