Co-Evolution of Morphology and Behavior in Self-Organized Robotic Swarms
Co-Evolution of Morphology and Behavior in Self-Organized Robotic Swarms
My first very spontaneous attempt at a 3 Minutes Thesis Presentation, where we only have 3 minutes and 1 slide to describe our PhD Thesis for a non-specialist audience.
Synopsis: The idea of the research is to co-evolve both shape and controller of a robotic swarm, in order for them to work better as a whole. Small robots are not so powerful individually, but when cooperating with each other, by physically hooking together forming a larger organism for example, they become able to solve more complex tasks in robust ways. The shape each robot has influences the way they physically interact with each other; and taking advantage of the morphological computation phenomena, it is believed that a more complex shape can spare the complexity of the controller. Therefore, simultaneously evolving both morphology and behavior should accomplish the highest benefits for the swarm. In order to reach this goal, I am evolving the shape of arm-like structures for the robots’ bodies and, further on, their controllers as well.
#phd #robotics #swarmrobotics #evolution #3dprinting #3MT #3minutesthesis #video #uwe #brl #geneticalgorithms #coevolution #artificialintelligence #epuck #jessicameyer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ9W3M0K0xo&feature=share
My first very spontaneous attempt at a 3 Minutes Thesis Presentation, where we only have 3 minutes and 1 slide to describe our PhD Thesis for a non-specialist audience.
Synopsis: The idea of the research is to co-evolve both shape and controller of a robotic swarm, in order for them to work better as a whole. Small robots are not so powerful individually, but when cooperating with each other, by physically hooking together forming a larger organism for example, they become able to solve more complex tasks in robust ways. The shape each robot has influences the way they physically interact with each other; and taking advantage of the morphological computation phenomena, it is believed that a more complex shape can spare the complexity of the controller. Therefore, simultaneously evolving both morphology and behavior should accomplish the highest benefits for the swarm. In order to reach this goal, I am evolving the shape of arm-like structures for the robots’ bodies and, further on, their controllers as well.
#phd #robotics #swarmrobotics #evolution #3dprinting #3MT #3minutesthesis #video #uwe #brl #geneticalgorithms #coevolution #artificialintelligence #epuck #jessicameyer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ9W3M0K0xo&feature=share