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Re: Robotic Ants
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Fri, 28 Jan 2000 20:26:34 GMT
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Here's a table of the methods a typical ant colony uses for communication, an
how similar results could be done on the RCX.
An NA in the RCX column means I didn't see a reason why a robot would want to
ever immulate that behavior.
Stimulus Transmission Response RCX
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=-=-=-= WORKER TO WORKER =-=-=-=
Colony Odor Chemical None, if odor matches My SoftBricks code
focal worker has the concept of a
RobotID. This could
be expanded to
include a colony ID.
This gets stored in
memory and can be
sent to other robots
using the IR port
and SoftBrick's
RoboCall Protocol.
Caste Odor Chemical Recognition of caste As Coloney odor.
Casual antennal Tactile Turning-toward move- Touch sensors or IR
or bodily contact ment or increased port signal.
unidirectional movement
Body surface Chemical Grooming NA
attractants
Carbon Dioxide Chemical Clustering and IR port signal.
digging.
Ingluvial food Tactile Regurgitation NA*
solicitation
Regurgitation Chemical Feeding NA*
Emission of Chemical Attraction followed IR port signal**
Dufour's gland by movement along
substance as the trail
trails
Emission of Chemical Attraction to IR port signal**
Dufour's gland disturbed worker
substance
during attack
Emission of Chemical Alarm behavior IR port signal**
cephalic substance
Oleic acid from Chemical Disposal of dead NA
decomposing body ant
=-=-=-= WORKER TO QUEEN =-=-=-=
Same as worker to worker
=-=-=-= QUEEN TO WORKER =-=-=-=
Same as worker to worker, plus:
Queen recog- Chemical Recognition of and As caste odor
nition pheromones attraction to queen
=-=-=-= QUEEN TO QUEEN =-=-=-=
Dealation Chemical Inhibition of wing NA
inhibiting shedding by virgin
pheromones queens
=-=-=-= WORKER TO BROOD =-=-=-=
Regurgitation Chemical Feeding NA*
Dispersal of Chemical Inhibition of micro- NA
venom droplets organism growth
=-=-=-= BROOD TO WORKER =-=-=-=
Same as Worker to worker, plus:
Life stage odor Chemical Recognition of eggs, As caste odor
larvae, pupae, and
enclosing workers as
distinct life stages
* Regurgitation and requests for regurgitation were marked as NA because
robots don't eat. But a robots "food" could be data collected by other robots.
In this case a request for regurgitation is a request for data and
regurgitation is sending data. This could be implimented with IR
communications. Large amounts of data could be sent via the SoftBricks
RoboCall Protocol.
** IR port signals can be used both as method of message transmission and as a
location becon. The robot sending the message could send it repeatedly. Robots
receiving the message could also home in on the sender by following the
strength of the IR signal. Additionally, and message could be made stronger or
weaker (as in "I'm in danger!", or "I'm in A LOT OF DANGER!!!") by increasing
or decreasing the frequency at which the message was sent.
SoftBricks
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Column/2507/SoftBricks.htm
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| Folks, I have been following the discussion of robotic ants with great interest. Check out this link: (URL) I couldn't find the link referred to in the article but I think this makes for a wonderful challenge since I have five smart bricks (two (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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