Evolution of functional specialization in a morphologically homogeneous robot

Proceedings of the 11th Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO-2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 89-96

  Auerbach, Joshua ^a   Bongard, Josh C ^a  

^a University of Vermont ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Embodied cognition; Evolutionary robotics

Indexed keywords

APRIORI; BODY PLAN; COMPLEX TASK; COUPLED DYNAMICS; EMBODIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; EMBODIED COGNITION; EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INTELLIGENT BEHAVIOR; OBJECT MANIPULATION; SELECTION PRESSURES;

CONTROLLERS; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; MORPHOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 72749114557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1569901.1569915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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