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61. Evolutionary Robotics

Authors : Dario Floreano, Prof, Phil Husbands, Prof, Stefano Nolfi, Dr.

Published in: Springer Handbook of Robotics

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Abstract

Evolutionary Robotics is a method for automatically generating artificial brains and morphologies of autonomous robots. This approach is useful both for investigating the design space of robotic applications and for testing scientific hypotheses of biological mechanisms and processes. In this chapter we provide an overview of methods and results of Evolutionary Robotics with robots of different shapes, dimensions, and operation features. We consider both simulated and physical robots with special consideration to the transfer between the two worlds.

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Metadata
Title
Evolutionary Robotics
Authors
Dario Floreano, Prof
Phil Husbands, Prof
Stefano Nolfi, Dr.
Copyright Year
2008
Book
Springer Handbook of Robotics

Print ISBN: 978-3-540-23957-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-540-30301-5

Copyright Year: 2008

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30301-5_62