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Automated Setup to Conduct Experiments with Mixed Societies of Fish and Robots
In this chapter, we provide an overview of the experimental setup that was designed for mixed societies experiments with zebrafish and the two robotic devices described in the two previous chapters. This setup...
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Biomimetic Behavior Models for Controlling a Robotic Fish
In this chapter, we present different methods developed to control the FishBot so that the lure can mimic the zebrafish movements. In particular, we present a zebrafish-like locomotion pattern implemented at t...
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Conclusion
In this chapter, we conclude on the global achievements that were obtained throughout this study. We summarize the main contributions of this thesis in the topic of animal-robot interaction studies and present...
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Introduction
The goal of this thesis is to contribute to the field of animal-robot interaction. Using zebrafish as a model of a social animal that is capable of collective decision-making, and by develo** miniature robot...
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The Zebrafish Danio rerio as a Model Animal for Animal-Robot Interaction Studies
This chapter introduces the model organism that was used in the presented work, i.e, the wild-type AB zebrafish Danio rerio. We will first present the main biological characteristics of the zebrafish and explain ...
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Application of a Fractional Factorial Design to Model the Attractiveness of a Robotic Fish to a Shoal of Zebrafish
To design the appropriate robotic system used during mixed society experiments, a stimuli analysis was preliminary required to test which aspects of the robotic devices could trigger the social behavior of the...
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Towards Mixed Societies of Fish and Robots
In the first chapter of this dissertation, we defined the main goal of this study: successfully designing robotic tools to create mixed societies of robots and fish. Then, we showed how we designed the differe...
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State of the Art in Fish Behavioral Studies Using Robots and Robotic-Fish Design
In this chapter, we present the state of the art in the use of robotized fish lures for fish-robot interaction studies and miniature bio-inspired robotic-fish designs at the time this thesis was written. The l...
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Using a Circular Corridor to Characterize the Attractive Cues of Lures for a Shoal of Zebrafish
The previous chapter presented the results of an experiment performed in order to isolate and model the effect of various stimuli that the robotic device could generate on its attractiveness to a fish shoal. W...
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RiBot, the Actuated Robotic Fish Lure
In this chapter, we present the second robotic device that was designed for this project: the RiBot, a robotic fish lure equipped with an actuated caudal peduncle, LEDs, a rechargeable battery, and that can be...
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CATS, the Control and Tracking Software
This chapter introduces the high-level software infrastructure developed for automated experimentation and analysis of mixed groups composed of robots and fish. We will first describe the general architecture ...
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FishBot, the Fast Miniature Wheeled Mobile Robot
In this chapter, we present one of the two robotic devices that was developed during this thesis: the FishBot, a miniature wheeled mobile robot, which main purpose is to transmit motion to a fish lure inside a...
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Article
Closed-loop interactions between a shoal of zebrafish and a group of robotic fish in a circular corridor
Collective behavior based on self-organization has been observed in populations of animals from insects to vertebrates. These findings have motivated engineers to investigate approaches to control autonomous m...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
How to Blend a Robot Within a Group of Zebrafish: Achieving Social Acceptance Through Real-Time Calibration of a Multi-level Behavioural Model
We have previously shown how to socially integrate a fish robot into a group of zebrafish thanks to biomimetic behavioural models. The models have to be calibrated on experimental data to present correct behav...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automated Calibration of a Biomimetic Space-Dependent Model for Zebrafish and Robot Collective Behaviour in a Structured Environment
Bio-hybrid systems made of robots and animals can be useful tools both for biology and robotics. To socially integrate robots into animal groups the robots should behave in a biomimetic manner with close loop ...
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Article
Infiltrating the zebrafish swarm: design, implementation and experimental tests of a miniature robotic fish lure for fish–robot interaction studies
Robotic fish are nowadays developed for various types of research, such as bio-inspiredrobotics, biomimetics and animal behavior studies. In the context of our research on the social interactions of the zebraf...
