Go Big or Go Home: Simulating Mobbing Behavior with Braitenbergian Robots
We used the Webots robotics simulation platform to simulate a dyadic avoiding and mobbing predator behavior in a group of Braitenbergian robots. Mobbing is an antipredator adaptation used by some animals in which the individuals cooperatively attack or harass a predator to protect themselves. One way of coordinating a mobbing attack is using mobbing calls to summon other individuals of the mobbing species. We imitated this mechanism and simulated Braitenbergian robots that use mobbing calls when they face a light source (representing an inanimate predator) and mob it if they can summon allies, otherwise, they escape from it. We explore the effects of range of mobbing call (infinite range,...
| Authors | Elaheh Sanoubari |
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| Primary category | cs.RO |
| Published | 1 April 2026 |
| Last updated at source | 1 April 2026 |
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