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An Empirical Study on the Computation Budget of Co-Optimization of Robot Design and Control in Simulation
Etor Arza, Frank Veenstra, Tønnes F. Nygaard +1
The design (shape) of a robot is usually decided before the control is implemented. This might limit how well the design is adapted to a task, as the suitability of the design is g…
Evolution of linkages for prototyping of linkage based robots
Emma Stensby Norstein, Kai Olav Ellefsen, Frank Veenstra +2
Prototyping robotic systems is a time consuming process. Computer aided design, however, might speed up the process significantly. Quality-diversity evolutionary approaches optimis…
Central pattern generators evolved for real-time adaptation to rhythmic stimuli
Alex Szorkovszky, Frank Veenstra, Kyrre Glette
For a robot to be both autonomous and collaborative requires the ability to adapt its movement to a variety of external stimuli, whether these come from humans or other robots. Typ…
Centralized and Decentralized Control in Modular Robots and Their Effect on Morphology
Mia-Katrin Kvalsund, Kyrre Glette, Frank Veenstra
In Evolutionary Robotics, evolutionary algorithms are used to co-optimize morphology and control. However, co-optimizing leads to different challenges: How do you optimize a contro…
Rapid rhythmic entrainment in bio-inspired central pattern generators
Alex Szorkovszky, Frank Veenstra, Kyrre Glette
Entrainment of movement to a periodic stimulus is a characteristic intelligent behaviour in humans and an important goal for adaptive robotics. We demonstrate a quadruped central p…
MAP-Elites enables Powerful Stepping Stones and Diversity for Modular Robotics
Jørgen Nordmoen, Frank Veenstra, Kai Olav Ellefsen +1
In modular robotics, modules can be reconfigured to change the morphology of the robot, making it able to adapt for specific tasks. However, optimizing both the body and control is…
Quality and Diversity in Evolutionary Modular Robotics
Jørgen Nordmoen, Frank Veenstra, Kai Olav Ellefsen +1
In Evolutionary Robotics a population of solutions is evolved to optimize robots that solve a given task. However, in traditional Evolutionary Algorithms, the population of solutio…
Flora robotica -- An Architectural System Combining Living Natural Plants and Distributed Robots
Heiko Hamann, Mohammad Divband Soorati, Mary Katherine Heinrich +13
Key to our project flora robotica is the idea of creating a bio-hybrid system of tightly coupled natural plants and distributed robots to grow architectural artifacts and spaces. O…