Behavior patterns emerging among mobile robots with a diversity of personalities cooperating in collection and cleaning-up tasks

摘要

We investigated the behavior patterns emerging among autonomous mobile robots with diverse personalities. They cooperate with one another in collection and cleaning-up tasks. First, we emphasize the rationale for introducing personalities into robots. Second, we present our assumptions on the common functions of the robots, i.e., visual functions, mobility, and the capturing and conveying of target objects. Third, we define a function which is specific to each robot; its personality. Fourth, we explain the collision avoidance behavior, which is very dependent on the personalities. Finally, we present the results of simulation studies of robots with diverse personalities cooperating in collection and cleaning-up tasks. We discuss the influence of the distribution of various personalities on the performance of the tasks.