From the sea to the sidewalk: The evolution of hexapod walking gaits by a genetic algorithm

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1801, Issue , 2000, Pages 51-60

  Earon, Ernest J P ^a   Barfoot, Tim D ^a   D'eleuterio, Gabriele M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH; HEXAPOD ROBOTS; HEXAPOD WALKING GAITS; LEGGED ROBOTS; LOCAL COMMUNICATIONS; WALKING GAIT;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84899058482     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-46406-9_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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