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EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS
THE BIOLOGY, INTELLIGENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF SELF-ORGANIZING MACHINES |
| By: |
Stefano Nolfi, Dario Floreano |
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Hardback |
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£38.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0262140705 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780262140706 |
| Publisher: |
MIT PRESS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
9 January, 2001 |
| Series: |
Intelligent Robotics & Autonomous Agents S. |
| Pages: |
332 |
| Description: |
"Evolutionary Robotics" is a technique for the automatic creation of autonomous robots. This text describes the basic concepts and methodologies involved in this process and the results achieved so far. |
| Synopsis: |
Evolutionary robotics is a new technique for the automatic creation of autonomous robots. Inspired by the Darwinian principle of selective reproduction of the fittest, it views robots as autonomous artificial organisms that develop their own skills in close interaction with the environment and without human intervention. Drawing heavily on biology and ethology, it uses the tools of neural networks, genetic algorithms, dynamic systems and biomorphic engineering. The resulting robots share with simple biological systems the characteristics of robustness, simplicity, small size, flexibility and modularity. This book describes the basic concepts and methodologies of evolutionary robotics and the results achieved so far. An important feature is the clear presentation of a set of empirical experiments of increasing complexity. Software with a graphic interface, freely available on a Web page, will allow the reader to replicate and vary (in simulation and on real robots) most of the experiments. |
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157 illustrations |
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US |
| Imprint: |
The MIT Press |
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Non-returnable |
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