Fitness functions in evolutionary robotics: A survey and analysis

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-370

  Nelson, Andrew L ^a   Barlow, Gregory J ^b   Doitsidis, Lefteris ^c  

^a Androtics LLC   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Artificial life; Autonomous learning robots; Evolutionary robotics; Fitness functions; Genetic algorithms

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; CONTROLLERS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEALTH; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; RACING AUTOMOBILES; ROBOTS; SURVEYS;

A-PRIORI; ARTIFICIAL EVOLUTIONS; ARTIFICIAL LIFE; AUTONOMOUS LEARNING ROBOTS; AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS; COMPLEX DYNAMICS; EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS; EVOLVING CONTROLLERS; FITNESS EVALUATIONS; FITNESS FUNCTIONS; ITERATIVE PROCESS; KEY COMPONENTS; MACHINE LEARNING METHODS; NATURAL EVOLUTIONS; REAL ROBOTS; TASK KNOWLEDGE;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 61549108003     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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