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MODELS OF COCKROACH SHELTER SEEKING IMPLEMENTED ON A ROBOTIC TEST PLATFORM
Author Info
Tietz, Brian R.
ORCID® Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0945-6007
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1323455715
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2012, Master of Sciences (Engineering), Case Western Reserve University, EMC - Mechanical Engineering.
Abstract
Animal behavior is often a model for robotic control, with benefits for both robotics and biology. This research covers a new animal behavior for this category: cockroach shelter seeking. Cockroach behavior was tracked in a 91 cm by 91 cm arena, and significant trends were identified that form a stochastic navigation algorithm called RAMBLER. Components of RAMBLER were then implemented on a mobile robot, and compared with a deterministic model of the same cockroach behaviors. In the process of programming the robotic model, an interesting behavior was discovered when the cockroach loses contact with a barrier in the arena, posing new questions about animal behavior.
Committee
Roger Quinn, PhD (Committee Chair)
Roy Ritzmann, PhD (Committee Member)
Michael Branicky, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
82 p.
Subject Headings
Mechanical Engineering
;
Neurobiology
Keywords
Cockroach
;
Robotics
;
Biologically-Inspired Robotics
;
Neuroethology
;
Neurobiology
;
Mechanical Engineering
;
Behavioral Biology
;
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Tietz, B. R. (2012).
MODELS OF COCKROACH SHELTER SEEKING IMPLEMENTED ON A ROBOTIC TEST PLATFORM
[Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1323455715
APA Style (7th edition)
Tietz, Brian.
MODELS OF COCKROACH SHELTER SEEKING IMPLEMENTED ON A ROBOTIC TEST PLATFORM.
2012. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1323455715.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Tietz, Brian. "MODELS OF COCKROACH SHELTER SEEKING IMPLEMENTED ON A ROBOTIC TEST PLATFORM." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1323455715
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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