Martin Stefanec
A Minimally Invasive Approach Towards “Ecosystem Hacking” With Honeybees
Stefanec, Martin; Hofstadler, Daniel N.; Krajník, Tomáš; Turgut, Ali Emre; Alemdar, Hande; Lennox, Barry; Şahin, Erol; Arvin, Farshad; Schmickl, Thomas
Authors
Daniel N. Hofstadler
Tomáš Krajník
Ali Emre Turgut
Hande Alemdar
Barry Lennox
Erol Şahin
Professor Farshad Arvin farshad.arvin@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Thomas Schmickl
Abstract
Honey bees live in colonies of thousands of individuals, that not only need to collaborate with each other but also to interact intensively with their ecosystem. A small group of robots operating in a honey bee colony and interacting with the queen bee, a central colony element, has the potential to change the collective behavior of the entire colony and thus also improve its interaction with the surrounding ecosystem. Such a system can be used to study and understand many elements of bee behavior within hives that have not been adequately researched. We discuss here the applicability of this technology for ecosystem protection: A novel paradigm of a minimally invasive form of conservation through “Ecosystem Hacking”. We discuss the necessary requirements for such technology and show experimental data on the dynamics of the natural queen’s court, initial designs of biomimetic robotic surrogates of court bees, and a multi-agent model of the queen bee court system. Our model is intended to serve as an AI-enhanceable coordination software for future robotic court bee surrogates and as a hardware controller for generating nature-like behavior patterns for such a robotic ensemble. It is the first step towards a team of robots working in a bio-compatible way to study honey bees and to increase their pollination performance, thus achieving a stabilizing effect at the ecosystem level.
Citation
Stefanec, M., Hofstadler, D. N., Krajník, T., Turgut, A. E., Alemdar, H., Lennox, B., …Schmickl, T. (2022). A Minimally Invasive Approach Towards “Ecosystem Hacking” With Honeybees. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9, Article 791921. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2022.791921
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 2, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 28, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2022 |
Deposit Date | May 27, 2022 |
Journal | Frontiers in Robotics and AI |
Electronic ISSN | 2296-9144 |
Publisher | Frontiers Media |
Volume | 9 |
Article Number | 791921 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2022.791921 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1204212 |
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