EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1201 ▶ |
| Object type | Discipline oriented, Methodology or model |
The study of the processes of evolution and co-evolution , using automata
This study tries to reproduce in automata the evolutive processes observed through the history of living systems , in darwinian terms
The automata are endowed with some quite simple behavioral potentials as for example the capacity to move in certain specific ways, or to perceive at some distance the presence of an obstacle, which can be fixed or moving
The results of each automata's activity are registered into an array of artificial neuron s, which dynamically interact and may produce behavioral changes in the automata. This leads to a spontaneous process of evolution (and co-evolution) between two or more automata)
This process may persist indefinitely in time. Some automata of this type can simultaneously undergo evolution in their neuronal circuits and their morphology (D. FLOREANO, 2002, p. 24)
See also
Artificial life, Epigenesis, Evolution (Co-), Machina Speculatrix, Parallel Distributed Processing, Self Organizing Systems, Selection