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Coupling Learning Capability and Local Rules for the Improvement of the Objects’ Aggregation Task by a Cognitive Multi-Robot System

  • Abdelhak Chatty
  • Philippe Gaussier
  • Ali Karaouzene
  • Mohamed Bouzid
  • Ilhem Kallel
  • Adel M. Alimi
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 8575)

Abstract

This paper aims to shed light on the benefits of the cognitive processes in the generation of emergent structures that allow the cognitive robots to succeed the objects’ aggregation task. In the multi-robot system, every robot uses local rules and an on-line building and learning of its own cognitive map. This fusion alters the positive impact of the individual behavior in the improvement of the overall system performance. A series of simulations and experiments allowed us to present and discuss the system.

Keywords

Cognitive process Learning Capability Local rules Emergent structures Multi-robot system 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Abdelhak Chatty
    • 1
    • 2
  • Philippe Gaussier
    • 2
  • Ali Karaouzene
    • 2
  • Mohamed Bouzid
    • 2
  • Ilhem Kallel
    • 1
  • Adel M. Alimi
    • 1
  1. 1.REGIM: REsearch Groups on Intelligent Machine, National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS)Sfax UniversitySfaxTunisia
  2. 2.ETIS: Neuro-cybernetic team, Image and signal Processing, National School of Electronics and its Applications (ENSEA)Cergy-Pontoise UniversityParisFrance

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