Evolutionary Humanoid Robotics

This book examines how two distinct strands of research on autonomous robots, evolutionary robotics and humanoid robot research, are converging. The book will be valuable for researchers and postgraduate students working in the areas of evolutionary robotics and bio-inspired computing.

Concise summary of major research approaches in this field Valuable for researchers and postgraduate students working in the areas of evolutionary robotics and bio-inspired computing Comprehensive overview of academic references Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Dr. Malachy Eaton is a lecturer and researcher in the Dept. of Computer Science and Information Systems of the University of Limerick, Ireland. His interests include evolutionary computing and humanoid robotics.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Evolutionary Algorithms and the Control of Systems.- Evolutionary Robotics (ER).- Humanoid Robots, Their Simulators, and the Reality Gap.- Evolutionary Humanoid Robotics (EHR).- The State of the Art in EHR.- Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Humanoid Robots.- Ethical, Philosophical and Moral Considerations.- Conclusions, and the Future.