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Adaptation and Self-adaptation of Developmental Multi-Robot Systems

Authors:
Serge Kernbach
Eugen Meister
Florian Schlachter
Olga Kernbach

Keywords: Collective robotics, artificial multi-robot organisms, adaptation, self-adaptation, self-development, long term artificial evolution.

Abstract:
In this work we explore several adaptive and self-adaptive processes in systems with a high degree of developmental plasticity. It is indicated that such systems are driven by two different forces: design goals and self-concept, which define what the system “should be” and “may be”. The paper discusses mechanisms, leading to adaptive and self-adaptive behavior, as well as possible conflicts between them. Bound and unbound self-concepts are introduced. The discussed mechanisms are exemplified by a collective locomotion of reconfigurable multi-robot system, where several self-organizing and evolutionary approaches are exploited.

Pages: 121 to 140

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2010. Used with permission.

Publication date: September 5, 2010

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ISSN: 1942-2679