Exploiting loose horizontal coupling in evolutionary swarm robotics

Jennifer Owen; Susan Stepney; Jonathan Timmis; Alan F.T. Winfield

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15461-4_41

Exploiting loose horizontal coupling in evolutionary swarm robotics

Jennifer Owen^*, Susan Stepney, Jonathan Timmis, Alan F.T. Winfield

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Department of Computer Science

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We describe a theory from Herbert Simon that links the structure of complex systems to increased speed of evolution, and argue the position that this theory can be beneficial to evolutionary swarm robotic research. We propose a way of applying this theory to evolutionary swarm robotic systems by manually designing the robot to robot communication mechanisms and keeping these constant, whilst evolving the rest of the robots' behaviours. This allows for robots to evolve independently of each other without breaking any inter-dependencies that may exist between robots in the swarm. Finally we address potential criticisms of our suggested approach, and outline a course of future research in this area in order to verify our proposal.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Swarm Intelligence - 7th International Conference, ANTS 2010, Proceedings
Pages	432-439
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15461-4_41
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	7th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2010 - Brussels, Belgium Duration: 08 Sept 2010 → 10 Sept 2010

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	6234 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	7th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2010
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Brussels
Period	08 Sept 2010 → 10 Sept 2010

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Owen, J., Stepney, S., Timmis, J., & Winfield, A. F. T. (2010). Exploiting loose horizontal coupling in evolutionary swarm robotics. In Swarm Intelligence - 7th International Conference, ANTS 2010, Proceedings (pp. 432-439). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6234 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15461-4_41

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Owen, J, Stepney, S, Timmis, J & Winfield, AFT 2010, Exploiting loose horizontal coupling in evolutionary swarm robotics. in Swarm Intelligence - 7th International Conference, ANTS 2010, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 6234 LNCS, pp. 432-439, 7th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2010, Brussels, Belgium, 08 Sept 2010. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15461-4_41

Exploiting loose horizontal coupling in evolutionary swarm robotics. / Owen, Jennifer; Stepney, Susan; Timmis, Jonathan et al.
Swarm Intelligence - 7th International Conference, ANTS 2010, Proceedings. 2010. p. 432-439 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6234 LNCS).

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Owen J, Stepney S, Timmis J, Winfield AFT. Exploiting loose horizontal coupling in evolutionary swarm robotics. In Swarm Intelligence - 7th International Conference, ANTS 2010, Proceedings. 2010. p. 432-439. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-15461-4_41

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