Self-organizing Robotic System in Architecture

• Main Authors: YUN GAO, 高雲
• Other Authors: Shen-Guan Shih
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08412219885527868265

碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 建築系 === 103 === Intelligent building is quite a hot topic today. However, central control is of prevalence in researches about intelligent building. Self-origination has not been put enough emphasis on in yet. Inspired by Swarm intelligence in Artificial intelligence area, as well as self-organizing systems in the gregarious creatures, a self-organizing robotic system was conceived in this research. This system consisted of two parts, 1).A group of small robots, called Geco-bugs 2).An intelligent curtain wall, called Smart Tiles A Geco-bug had a photovoltaic panel on its back and could attach on the curtain wall like a gecko. These robots would act in groups, search for the sunshine and shade the building. They would also charge their batteries at same time. Once a Geco-bug found the sunshine, it would give out signals to recruit mates. The Smart Tiles severed as the medium to deliver the information. The population of the Geco-bug community and some parameters of different Geco-bugs would change with time, to adapt to the continually changing environments. The mechanism that an ant colony seek for food served as the base of algorithm that Geco-bugs search for sunshine, and schooling behavior in a group of fish was referred to, to help Geco-bugs act in group, avoid colliding and keep in proper distance. The formation of Smart Tiles was based on the theory of Cellular automaton, making this system more technically practicable. Evolution theory was also introduced into this system. Computer simulation was used to demonstration the conceived robotic system. A case study was also carried out.