Analysis and implementation of an artificial homeostatic hormone system: A first case study in robotic hardware

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 595-600

  Stradner, Jürgen ^a   Hamann, Heiko ^a   Schmickl, Thomas ^a   Crailsheim, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; ARTIFICIAL HORMONE SYSTEM; CONTROL METHODOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; EVOLVABLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOBILE ROBOTIC; ROBOTIC HARDWARE;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 76249114294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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