Emotional behavior adjustment system in robots

To cope with dynamically changing environments, creatures have not only `motor nervous system' but `autonomic nervous system' as an internal adjustment mechanism. However conventional robots have been equipped with only the motor nervous system. We developed an autonomous mobile robot implemented a internal adjustment model based on self-preservation. This model involves the original system named `Behavior-Adjustment System', which influences a whole condition of the robot. This paper describes the concrete methodology for application of the behavior-adjustment system to robots. We confirmed the feasibility of the proposed system for the mobile robot in two practical experiments; `obstacle avoidance problem' and `effect of the voltage of battery'.