Evolving experience-dependent robust behaviour in embodied agents

BioSystems

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-56

  Fernandez Leon, Jose A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animat; Behavioural robustness; Evolutionary robotics; Genetic algorithm; Transient dynamics; Walking behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; SENSORY SYSTEM; WALKING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL COUPLED DYNAMIC; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOOT; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ONE LEGGED WALKING; ROBOTICS; ROBUST BEHAVIOR; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 78650223064     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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