Environmental Regulation Using Plasticoding for the Evolution of Robots
Evolutionary robot systems are usually affected by the properties of the environment indirectly through selection. In this paper, we present and investigate a system where the environment also has a direct effect—through regulation. We propose a novel robot encoding method where a genotype encodes m...
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| author | Karine Miras Eliseo Ferrante Eliseo Ferrante A. E. Eiben |
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| description | Evolutionary robot systems are usually affected by the properties of the environment indirectly through selection. In this paper, we present and investigate a system where the environment also has a direct effect—through regulation. We propose a novel robot encoding method where a genotype encodes multiple possible phenotypes, and the incarnation of a robot depends on the environmental conditions taking place in a determined moment of its life. This means that the morphology, controller, and behavior of a robot can change according to the environment. Importantly, this process of development can happen at any moment of a robot's lifetime, according to its experienced environmental stimuli. We provide an empirical proof-of-concept, and the analysis of the experimental results shows that environmental regulation improves adaptation (task performance) while leading to different evolved morphologies, controllers, and behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1cfbec08d6dd425b9f7fc45a3585ff782022-12-22T00:53:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Robotics and AI2296-91442020-10-01710.3389/frobt.2020.00107537231Environmental Regulation Using Plasticoding for the Evolution of RobotsKarine Miras0Eliseo Ferrante1Eliseo Ferrante2A. E. Eiben3Computer Science Department, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsComputer Science Department, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsAutonomous Robotics Research Centre, Technology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesComputer Science Department, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsEvolutionary robot systems are usually affected by the properties of the environment indirectly through selection. In this paper, we present and investigate a system where the environment also has a direct effect—through regulation. We propose a novel robot encoding method where a genotype encodes multiple possible phenotypes, and the incarnation of a robot depends on the environmental conditions taking place in a determined moment of its life. This means that the morphology, controller, and behavior of a robot can change according to the environment. Importantly, this process of development can happen at any moment of a robot's lifetime, according to its experienced environmental stimuli. We provide an empirical proof-of-concept, and the analysis of the experimental results shows that environmental regulation improves adaptation (task performance) while leading to different evolved morphologies, controllers, and behavior.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2020.00107/fullevolutionary roboticsmorphological evolutionphenotypic plasticityenvironmental regulationlocomotionenvironmental effects |
| spellingShingle | Karine Miras Eliseo Ferrante Eliseo Ferrante A. E. Eiben Environmental Regulation Using Plasticoding for the Evolution of Robots Frontiers in Robotics and AI evolutionary robotics morphological evolution phenotypic plasticity environmental regulation locomotion environmental effects |
| title | Environmental Regulation Using Plasticoding for the Evolution of Robots |
| title_full | Environmental Regulation Using Plasticoding for the Evolution of Robots |
| title_fullStr | Environmental Regulation Using Plasticoding for the Evolution of Robots |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental Regulation Using Plasticoding for the Evolution of Robots |
| title_short | Environmental Regulation Using Plasticoding for the Evolution of Robots |
| title_sort | environmental regulation using plasticoding for the evolution of robots |
| topic | evolutionary robotics morphological evolution phenotypic plasticity environmental regulation locomotion environmental effects |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2020.00107/full |
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