2023/05/23 by Tony G. Chen, Billie C. Goolsby, Chen, Tony G. +8 · 1 voice
Computer Science · Engineering · #3D Printing in Biomedical Research #Advanced Materials and Mechanics #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence #Robotics (cs.RO) #cs.RO
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2305.14570
openalex publication_date 2023/05/23 · arxiv published 2023/05/23 · arxiv updated 2023/05/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present the design and operation of tadpole-mimetic robots prepared for a study of the parenting behaviors of poison frogs, which pair bond and raise their offspring. The mission of these robots is to convince poison frog parents that they are tadpoles, which need to be fed. Tadpoles indicate this need, at least in part, by wriggling with a characteristic frequency and amplitude. While the study is in progress, preliminary indications are that the TadBots have passed their test, at least for father frogs. We discuss the design and operational requirements for producing convincing TadBots and provide some details of the study design and plans for future work.