On September 9-12, 2024, Mr. Vatsanai Jaiton, a PhD student, attended the From Animals to Animats 17th: International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB 2024), at the University of California, Irvine, USA. The conference focuses on adaptive behavior models and their underlying mechanisms, showcasing experiments grounded in well-defined robots, simulations, and mathematical models to explore the principles driving adaptive behavior in both real animals and synthetic agents (animats).
During the conference, Mr. Vatsanai presented his research titled “Neural Chaotic Dynamics for Adaptive Exploration Control of an Autonomous Flying Robot.” His work introduced an adaptive neural system that generates Levy-like exploration behaviors for a flying robot by adjusting step length scaling, effectively combining global and local search strategies. The system, tested in simulations, demonstrated significant improvements over Gaussian random walk and traditional Levy flight strategies.
