Title :
The distributed co-evolution of an embodied simulator and controller for swarm robot behaviours
Author :
O´Dowd, Paul J. ; Winfield, Alan F T ; Studley, Matthew
Author_Institution :
Bristol Robot. Lab., Univ. of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Abstract :
Embodied fitness assessment of robotic controllers is slow but grounded, while assessment in a simulated environment is fast but can run foul of the `reality gap´. We present a distributed co-evolutionary method to adapt the environmental model of an on-board simulator within the context of swarm robotics.
Keywords :
multi-robot systems; distributed coevolutionary method; environmental model; fitness assessment; on-board simulator; reality gap; robotic controller; simulated environment; swarm robot behaviour; swarm robotics; Convergence; Genomics; Light sources; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-454-1
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2011.6094600
