Emergence of communication in embodied agents evolved for the ability to solve a collective navigation problem

Connection Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-74

  Marocco, D ^a   Nolfi, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collective robotics; Emergence of communication; Evolutionary robotics; Symbol grounding

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ROBOTICS; COMMUNICATION MODALITIES; EMBODIED AGENT; EMERGENCE OF COMMUNICATIONS; EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS; NAVIGATION PROBLEM; SIMULATED ROBOT; SYMBOL GROUNDING;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 33947417268     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: 13600494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540090601015067     Document Type: Article

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