Evolving Modular Robots: Challenges and Opportunities

Andres Faina

doi:10.1162/isal_a_00437

Evolving Modular Robots: Challenges and Opportunities

Robotics, Evolution, and Art Lab

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Abstract

The body of robots and their controllers need to be adapted to the task that they carry out. While it is possible to design and optimize free-form morphologies, its physical implementation consumes too many resources. In contrast, modular robots provide a feasible approach to design robotic morphologies that can be deployed in minutes, making them a suitable tool to implement virtual creatures. In this article, we tackle the main challenges to consider when evolving modular robots and mention some opportunities that these systems can provide.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Proceedings of the ALIFE 2021: The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life
Antal sider	4
Forlag	MIT Press
Publikationsdato	2021
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00437
Status	Udgivet - 2021
Begivenhed	ALIFE 2021: The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life - Varighed: 19 jul. 2021 → 23 jul. 2021

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Konference	ALIFE 2021: The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life
Periode	19/07/2021 → 23/07/2021

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Robotic Morphologies
Modular Robots
Task-specific Adaptation
Evolutionary Robotics
Virtual Creatures

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