Overview
- Presents the concept and recent results in evolutionary swarm robotics
Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence (SCI, volume 108)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Evolution of Self-Organization
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Experiments with Simulated and Real Robots
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Back Matter
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About this book
In this book the use of ER techniques for the design of self-organising group behaviours, for both simulated and real robots is introduced. This research has a twofold value. From an engineering perspective, an automatic methodology for synthesising complex behaviours in a robotic system is described.
ER techniques should be used in order to obtain robust and efficient group behaviours based on self-organisation. From a more theoretical point of view, the second important contribution brought forth by the author's experiments concerns the understanding of the basic principles underlying self-organising behaviours and collective intelligence. In this experimental work, the evolved behaviours are analysed in order to uncover the mechanisms that have led to a certain organisation.
In summary, this book tries to mediate between two apparently opposed perspectives: engineering and cognitive science. The experiments presented and the results obtained contribute to the assessment of ER not only as a design tool, but also as a methodology for modelling and understanding intelligent adaptive behaviours.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This book is aimed at engineering and cognitive science researchers interested in evolutionary robotics techniques for the design of self-organizing group behaviors.” (IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol. 30, June, 2010)
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Evolutionary Swarm Robotics
Book Subtitle: Evolving Self-Organising Behaviours in Groups of Autonomous Robots
Authors: Vito Trianni
Series Title: Studies in Computational Intelligence
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77612-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-77611-6Published: 30 May 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09635-8Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-77612-3Published: 24 May 2008
Series ISSN: 1860-949X
Series E-ISSN: 1860-9503
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 192
Topics: Robotics and Automation, Mathematical and Computational Engineering, Control, Robotics, Mechatronics, Artificial Intelligence, Applications of Mathematics