2 papers
cs.NE2026
Discrete Gene Crossover Accelerates Solution Discovery in Quality-Diversity Algorithms
Joshua Hutchinson, J. Michael Herrmann, Simón C. Smith
Quality-Diversity (QD) algorithms aim to discover diverse, high-performing solutions across behavioral niches. However, QD search often stagnates as incremental variation operators…
cs.RO2025
Co-designing Zoomorphic Robot Concepts for Animal Welfare Education
Isobel Voysey, Lynne Baillie, Joanne Williams +1
Animal welfare education could greatly benefit from customized robots to help children learn about animals and their behavior, and thereby promote positive, safe child-animal inter…