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Realization of flock behavior by using Tau-margin

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Recently autonomous robot that is designed based on biological mechanism has attracted much attention. In this paper we focus on mechanism of timing control which is studied in ecological psychology, and we apply it for controlling of multi mobile robot. Simulations have been conducted and various flock behaviors have been realized. In addition, we have confirmed that by using two leader robots, separation of flock is also possible. We can conclude that it is possible to realize flock behaviors by using the timing control without information of distance.

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  1. Department of Systems and Control Engineering, Hosei University, 3-7-2 Kajinocho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8584, Japan

    Akira Yokokawa & Kazuyuki Ito

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  1. Akira Yokokawa
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Correspondence to Kazuyuki Ito.

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This work was presented in part at the 13th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, January 31–February 2, 2008

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Yokokawa, A., Ito, K. Realization of flock behavior by using Tau-margin. Artif Life Robotics 13, 259–263 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-008-0553-1

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