Self-Assembly in Physical Autonomous Robots: the Evolutionary Robotics Approach

Elio Tuci, Vito Trianni, Christos Amatzis, Anders Christensen, Marco Dorigo

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Abstract

The adaptiveness of an autonomous multi-robot system is reduced if the circumstances an agent should take into account to make a decision concerning individual or collective behaviour are defined by a set of a priory assumptions. Based on this premise, this research work illustrates an alternative approach to the design of controllers for self- assembling robots in which the self-assembly is initiated and regulated by perceptual cues that are brought forth by the physical robots through their dynamical interactions.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationArtificial Life XI
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems
EditorsSeth Bullock, Jason Noble, Richard Watson, Mark A. Bedau
PublisherMIT Press
Pages616-623
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9780262750172
Publication statusPublished - 18 Aug 2008

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