Evolvability, Environments, Embodiment & Emergence in Robotics
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John H. Long
Eric Aaron
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EnglishAbstract
Embodied and evolving systems — biological or robotic — are interacting networks of structure, function, information, and behavior. Understanding these complex systems is the goal of the research presented in this book. We address different questions and hypotheses about four essential topics in complex systems: evolvability, environments, embodiment, and emergence. Using a variety of approaches, we provide different perspectives on an overarching, unifying question: How can embodied and evolutionary robotics illuminate (1) principles underlying biological evolving systems and (2) general analytical frameworks for studying embodied evolving systems? The answer — model biological processes to operate, develop, and evolve situated, embodied robots.
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Cognitive Robotics; environments; emergence; robustness; embodiment; Evolvability; Evolutionary RoboticsISBN
9782889456222Publisher
Frontiers Media SAPublisher website
www.frontiersin.orgPublication date and place
2018Series
Frontiers Research Topics,Classification
History of engineering and technology