Emergence of Leadership in a Group of Autonomous Robots.
In this paper we examine the factors contributing to the emergence of leadership in a group, and we explore the relationship between the role of the leader and the behavioural capabilities of other individuals. We use a simulation technique where a group of foraging robots must coordinate to choose between two identical food zones in order to forage collectively. Behavioural and quantitative analysis indicate that a form of leadership emerges, and that groups with a leader are more effective than groups without. Moreover, we show that the most skilled individuals in a group tend to be the ones that assume a leadership role, supporting biological findings. Further analysis reveals the emergence of different "styles" of leadership (active and passive).
Department of National Accounts and Economic Statistics, Italian National Institute of Statistics, Rome, Italy.
Francesco
F
Pugliese
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; Philosophy & Ethics, School of Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Alberto
A
Acerbi
School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom.
Davide
D
Marocco
D007857:Leadership; D000069550:Machine Learning; D008960:Models, Psychological; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012903:Smell; D014785:Vision, Ocular