Re: Use of Genetic Algorithms to evolve robot behavior?

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From: Ashwin Ram
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 16:05

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In article <C0K8zq.54A@world.std.com> lains@world.std.com (Layne L Ainsworth) writes:
>   Has anyone tried to do this: 
>   
>   "Herds" of cheap (really cheap), reprogrammable robots, each loaded
>   with one set of the test "chromosome" population of a Genetic
>   Algorithm system. They could be evaluated to optimize indivdual
>   performance, or "hive" well-being.  Each "generation" would be the
>   same robots, with a new generation of "chromosomes" on board.

See:

Mike Pearce, Ron Arkin and Ashwin Ram (1992), The Learning of Reactive
Control Parameters Through Genetic Algorithms, in Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-92),
Raleigh, NC, pp. 130-137.

A postscript version of this paper (without figures :-() is available for
anonymous FTP from ftp.cc.gatech.edu:/pub/ai (see the README file or e-mail
me for instructions).

Ashwin Ram <ashwin@cc.gatech.edu>
Assistant Professor, College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0280
(404) 853-9372 (phone)
(404) 853-9378 (fax)

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Subject: Re: Use of Genetic Algorithms to evolve robot behavior?
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