Humza, R.R.HumzaScholz, O.O.ScholzMokhtar, M.M.MokhtarTimmis, J.J.TimmisTyrrell, A.A.Tyrrell2022-03-112022-03-112009https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/36492310.1109/ComputationWorld.2009.83This paper presents a novel approach to artificial energy homeostasis in self-reconfigurable modular robots. Using self-monitoring and self-sufficiency principles, energy harvesting in a system of distributed energy sources is proposed. In conjunction with this, we propose an artificial immune system that incorporates on-board power management system for adaptive real time detection of errors which acts as an indicator to a robot to harvest energy from other robots within the local vicinity. Early experiments show that the Artificial Immune System affords a high level of error detection within the power module and will prove to be beneficial in maintaining overall performance of a robotic unit for long periods of time.en610620conference paper