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Swarm Intelligence in Cellular Robotic Systems

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Robots and Biological Systems: Towards a New Bionics?

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Cellular Robotic Systems are capable of ’intelligent* behavior. The meaning of this intelligence is analyzed in the paper. We define robot intelligence and robot system intelligence in terms of unpredictability of improbable behavior. The concept of unpredictability is analyzed in relation to (1) statistical unpredictability, (2) inaccessibility, (3) undecidability, (4) intractability, and (5) non-representability. We argue that the latter two type of unpredictability, when exhibited by systems capable of producing order, can result in a non-trivial, different form of intelligent behavior (Swarm Intelligence). Engineering problems related to Swarm Intelligence are mentioned in relation to Cellular Robotic Systems which consist of collections of autonomous, non-synchronized, non-intelligent robots cooperating to achieve global tasks.

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  1. College of Engineering, University of California, Riverside, 92521, Riverside, California, USA

    Gerardo Beni & Jing Wang

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  1. Gerardo Beni
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  1. ARTS Lab, Scuola Superiore S. Anna, 56127, Pisa, Italy

    Paolo Dario

  2. DIST, Università degli Studi di Genova, 16145, Genova, Italy

    Giulio Sandini

  3. Division de Recherche chirurgicale, Pav. 3 CHUV, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Patrick Aebischer

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Beni, G., Wang, J. (1993). Swarm Intelligence in Cellular Robotic Systems. In: Dario, P., Sandini, G., Aebischer, P. (eds) Robots and Biological Systems: Towards a New Bionics?. NATO ASI Series, vol 102. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58069-7_38

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