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- From: arkin@cc.gatech.edu (Ronald Arkin)
- Subject: Re: Use of Genetic Algorithms to evolve robot behavior?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.114229.6418@cc.gatech.edu>
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- Reply-To: arkin@cc.gatech.edu (Ronald Arkin)
- Organization: College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
- References: <C0ICnz.o6@world.std.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 11:42:29 GMT
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- In article <C0ICnz.o6@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.
- >
- >Pointers to papers or discussion of the feasibility of such a project
- >would both be welcome. I would think this could be a job for the
- >much-heralded and -scorned MiniBoard. Wire up all the connections to
- >various sensors/actuators and let the herd discover uses for them.
- >
- >My dream, of course, is a bunch of robots that (who?) could
- >continuously clean my house. :-)
- >
- >Thanks.
- >
- >-Layne
- >
- >
- >
- >--
- > Layne Ainsworth | lains@world.std.com <or> ...!{xylogics,uunet}!world!lains
- > The truth can't hurt you; it's just like the dark.
- >
-
-
-
- Check out
-
- "The Learning of Reactive Control Parameters through Genetic
- Algortihms", M. Pearce, R. Arkin, and A. Ram, Proc. 1992
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and
- Systems, (IROS 92), Raleigh, NC July 1992, pp. 130-137.
-
- These are the simulation results, we hope to port these to our Denning
- Robots shortly.
-
- - Ron
-
- Ronald C. Arkin
- College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0280
- Phone: (404)-894-8209 Fax: (404)-853-9378
-