Abstract
This paper presents a novel method to analyse robot-environment interaction from mathematical point of view in order to understand and identify the underlying rules governing this interaction. The method finds its theoretical roots in robot training, system identification and dynamical systems theory.
The method is based on identifying the while system using two models – i) the controller model which describes how the actions of the robot are related to its own perception and ii) the perception model which describes how the perception of the robot changes as a result of the actions of the robot – and then put them together into a single coupled dynamical system in order to analyse or simulate the emergent behaviour.
We tested the proposed methodology by analysing the robot-environment interaction where the desired robot behaviours was a door traversal task.
The method is based on identifying the while system using two models – i) the controller model which describes how the actions of the robot are related to its own perception and ii) the perception model which describes how the perception of the robot changes as a result of the actions of the robot – and then put them together into a single coupled dynamical system in order to analyse or simulate the emergent behaviour.
We tested the proposed methodology by analysing the robot-environment interaction where the desired robot behaviours was a door traversal task.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems 2008 |
| Editors | Subramanian Ramamoorthy, Gillian M. Hayes |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Pages | 43-49 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781906849016 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781906849009 |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Sept 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |