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Robot Trophallaxis: Managing Energy Autonomy in Multiple Robots

Robot Trophallaxis: Managing Energy Autonomy in Multiple Robots,Masao KUBO,Chris MELHUISH

Robot Trophallaxis: Managing Energy Autonomy in Multiple Robots   (Citations: 5)
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Truly autonomous robots, either as single units or in groups will be required to generate and manage their own energy. This paper explores the idea of robot 'trophallaxis' whereby one robot can donate an amount of its own internal energy reserve to another. Different strategies for energy transfer are considered within the test simulation sce- nario of a police 'search line' task. We look at the scenario in order to understand the effects of energy loss during ener- gy transfer. We show that even when faced with very inefficient energy transfer mechanism, robot trophallaxis can con- fer considerable advantage for a group of autonomous robots.
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