Evolutionary Swarm Robotics Evolving Self-Organising Behaviours in Groups of Autonomous Robots /

• Main Author: Trianni, Vito (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence, 108
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Automation.; Robotics and Automation.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Applications of Mathematics.

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 describe...

Table of Contents:

• The Evolution of Self-Organization
• Embodied Cognitive Science
• Multi-Robot Systems, Swarm Robotics and Self-Organisation
• Evolutionary Robotics for Self-Organising Behaviours
• Experiments with Simulated and Real Robots
• A Self-Organising Artefact: The Swarm-bot
• Coordinated Motion
• Hole Avoidance
• Self-Organising Synchronisation
• Future Directions
• Emergent Collective Decisions through Self-Organisation
• Decision-Making Mechanisms through the Perception of Time
• From Solitary to Collective Behaviours: Decision Making and Cooperation
• Conclusions.