著者

川内 陽志生 稲葉 忠 福田 敏男

出版者

一般社団法人 日本ロボット学会

雑誌

日本ロボット学会誌 (ISSN:02891824)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.12, no.1, pp.116-132, 1994-01-15

参考文献数

39

被引用文献数

6 7

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This paper deals with a robotic system which is required to exhibit adaptability and have the capability of self-organization, and self-evolution. One such robotic system to realize this type of configuration has been studied by the authors. It is called a cellular robotic system (hereinafter call CEBOT) . CEBOT consists of many kinds of functional units. Each unit is called a “cell”, which possesses at least one function, and its own intelligence. The fundamental concept of CEBOT is based on biological systems which are adaptable and capable of self-organization, and self-evolution. Like the biological system, many cells can organize a structure to integrate the tiny functions of single cell. Therefore, the whole structure can execute complicated tasks which can not be carried out by a cell. This paper covers essential issues to develop a type of multi-agent robotic system as follows : the fundamental concept of CEBOT and the definition of the “cell”, the control law for cells to realize the “function amplification” which is a newly proposed concept, the hardware and the software configuration, and the optimizing method of the structure for both the hardware and the software of CEBOT.