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Robótica de partículas basada en la mecánica estadística de componentes sueltamente acoplados

Shuguang Li^1,2, Richa Batra³, David Brown⁴

¹Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. lisg@csail.mit.edu.

|March 22, 2019

Resumen

Este estudio introduce sistemas robóticos amorfos utilizando la mecánica estadística. Estos robots aprovechan muchas partículas simples y sueltamente acopladas para una robusta locomoción y función, incluso con fallas en los componentes.

Área de la Ciencia:

La robótica
Mecánica estadística
Sistemas complejos

Sus antecedentes:

Los sistemas biológicos usan componentes estocásticos para comportamientos robustos, a diferencia de los robots actuales que requieren un control explícito.
Los robots tradicionales a menudo fallan por completo si un solo componente funciona mal.
Los sistemas robóticos existentes suelen ser monolíticos o modulares con partes coordinadas y controladas individualmente.

Objetivo del estudio:

Para demostrar un nuevo sistema robótico controlado por fenómenos de mecánica estadística.
Para explorar el potencial de los sistemas robóticos amorfos para comportamientos robustos y complejos.
Investigar la locomoción y la respuesta al estímulo en sistemas de partículas no individualizadas.

Principales métodos:

Incorpora numerosas "partículas" sueltamente acopladas incapaces de movimiento o identificación independientes.
Utilizando oscilaciones volumétricas uniformes en las partículas, moduladas en fase por una señal global.
Prueba de robots físicos (hasta 24 partículas) y robots simulados (hasta 100 000 partículas).

Principales resultados:

Demostró una robusta locomoción, transporte de objetos y fototaxis en los sistemas robóticos amorfos.
Logró una locomoción sostenida a pesar de un fallo de hasta un 20% de partículas.
Mostró comportamientos deterministas de alto nivel que surgen del movimiento estocástico de partículas de bajo nivel.

Conclusiones:

Los sistemas estocásticos ofrecen un nuevo paradigma para crear robots complejos y robustos.
Los sistemas robóticos amorfos a gran escala pueden exhibir comportamientos deterministas.
Este enfoque ofrece una alternativa a los diseños robóticos tradicionales controlados explícitamente.

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