Aracna: An open-source quadruped platform for evolutionary robotics

Artificial Life 13: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, ALIFE 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 387-392

  Lohmann, Sara ^a   Yosinski, Jason ^a   Gold, Eric ^a   Clune, Jeff ^a   Blum, Jeremy ^a   Lipson, Hod ^a  

^a 239 Upson Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; ARTIFICIAL LIFE; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS; FOUR-BAR LINKAGE; HARDWARE PLATFORM; MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE; OPEN-SOURCE HARDWARES; QUADRUPED ROBOTS; ROBOTIC BEHAVIOR; TESTING ALGORITHM;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 84874740310     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.7551/978-0-262-31050-5-ch051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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