Interactive robots in experimental biology

Krause, Jens; Winfield, Alan F.T.; Deneubourg, Jean Louis

Abstract

Interactive robots have the potential to revolutionise the study of social behaviour because they provide several methodological advances. In interactions with live animals, the behaviour of robots can be standardised, morphology and behaviour can be decoupled (so that different morphologies and behavioural strategies can be combined), behaviour can be manipulated in complex interaction sequences and models of behaviour can be embodied by the robot and thereby be tested. Furthermore, robots can be used as demonstrators in experiments on social learning. As we discuss here, the opportunities that robots create for new experimental approaches have far-reaching consequences for research in fields such as mate choice, cooperation, social learning, personality studies and collective behaviour. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Publication Date: Jul 1, 2011
• Deposit Date: Jan 9, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 4, 2016
• Journal: Trends in Ecology and Evolution
• Print ISSN: 0169-5347
• Publisher: Cell Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 369-375
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2011.03.015
• Keywords: interactive robots, experimental biology
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/961325
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2011.03.015
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Paper published online before print, 14th April 2011
• Contract Date: Mar 4, 2016