Development of Sensory-Motor System by Plant Robotization, and Investigation of Possibility of Emergence of Primitive Sociality
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25540115
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Intelligent robotics
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
MIZUUCHI Ikuo 東京農工大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (60359651)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
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| Keywords | 植物ロボット化 / 感覚運動系 / 発達 / 社会性 / 感覚行動系 / 光合成 / 好奇心 / 比較優位 / 比較経済学 / 行動選択 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We proposed an algorithm that determines a behavior of each robot in a swarm of plant-pot robots. By this algorithm, the total amount of photosynthesis in a certain sunny area and a certain period of time was maximized. We confirmed the effectiveness of the algorithm by simulation. We also designed and developed two types of plant-pot robots (Plantroids), and performed real-world experiments in which the robots moved towards sunny area automatically.
We also conducted research on vast aspects of sensory-motor systems: there are several interesting results on robots' curiosity, an algorithm of motion or behavior which follows an intention or preference of other individual agents, analysis of human's sensory-motor system and discussing robot's algorithm based on it, and so on.
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