IBP-Laforia
1994/10:
Rapport de Recherche Laforia /
Laforia research reports
25 pages - Novembre/November 1994 -
Document en anglais.
PostScript : 52 Ko /Kb
Titre / Title: A DESIGN FRAMEWORK FOR SOCIETIES OF AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS
Abstract : This paper describes work on design principles for autonomous robots societies. The design problem is formulated as a decision problem where an optimisation formula is applied to a set of design criteria, each one being an evaluation of input task specifications across design alternatives. A three-level-nested cellular architecture for autonomous robots that decouples action from reflex as well as from arbitration is briefly exposed and the experimentation and evaluation context necessary for design parameters identification presented. Investigations on an exploration task reveal that the design knowledge sought should be of statistical nature and two identified design/control parameters are found to be the adaptation mechanism and the time. Those observations, together with the introduced concept of operational cycles, trigger a discussion on the overall design problem, where a unified model of recursive self-regulation is proposed and the suitability of the cellular architecture for it is underlined.
Publications internes Laforia 1994 / Laforia research reports 1994