Evolution of neuro-controllers for robots' alignment using local communication

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-34

  Gutiérrez, Álvaro ^a,b,c   Tuci, Elio ^a,b,c   Campo, Alexandre ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Evolutionary robotics; Infrared signalling; Local communication

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLERS; MACHINE DESIGN; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROBOTS;

ARTIFICIAL EVOLUTION; COMMUNICATION STRATEGY; COOPERATIVE INTERACTIONS; EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS; GROUP SIZE; HOMOGENEOUS NEURAL NETWORKS; LOCAL COMMUNICATIONS; NEURO CONTROLLERS;

COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION;

EID: 67949118645     PISSN: 17298806     EISSN: 17298814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5772/6766     Document Type: Article

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