Modular design automation of the morphologies, controllers, and vision systems for intelligent robots: a survey
W Li, Z Wang, R Mai, P Ren, Q Zhang, Y Zhou, N Xu… - Visual Intelligence, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Design automation is a core technology in industrial design software and an
important branch of knowledge-worker automation. For example, electronic design …
important branch of knowledge-worker automation. For example, electronic design …
Virtual Creature Morphology‐A Review
We present a review of methods for procedurally generating the morphology of virtual
creatures. We include a range of methods, with the main groups being from ALife over art to …
creatures. We include a range of methods, with the main groups being from ALife over art to …
PreCo: Enhancing Generalization in Co-Design of Modular Soft Robots via Brain-Body Pre-Training
Brain-body co-design, which involves the collaborative design of control strategies and
morphologies, has emerged as a promising approach to enhance a robot's adaptability to its …
morphologies, has emerged as a promising approach to enhance a robot's adaptability to its …
Map-elites enables powerful stepping stones and diversity for modular robotics
In modular robotics modules can be reconfigured to change the morphology of the robot,
making it able to adapt to specific tasks. However, optimizing both the body and control of …
making it able to adapt to specific tasks. However, optimizing both the body and control of …
Learning directed locomotion in modular robots with evolvable morphologies
The vision behind this paper looks ahead to evolutionary robot systems where morphologies
and controllers are evolved together and 'newborn'robots undergo a learning process to …
and controllers are evolved together and 'newborn'robots undergo a learning process to …
Factors impacting diversity and effectiveness of evolved modular robots
In many natural environments, different forms of living organisms successfully accomplish
the same task while being diverse in shape and behavior. This biodiversity is what made life …
the same task while being diverse in shape and behavior. This biodiversity is what made life …
How the morphology encoding influences the learning ability in body-brain co-optimization
Embedding the learning of controllers within the evolution of morphologies has emerged as
an effective strategy for the co-optimization of agents' bodies and brains. Intuitively, that is …
an effective strategy for the co-optimization of agents' bodies and brains. Intuitively, that is …
Search space analysis of evolvable robot morphologies
We present a study on morphological traits of evolved modular robots. We note that the
evolutionary search space–the set of obtainable morphologies–depends on the given …
evolutionary search space–the set of obtainable morphologies–depends on the given …
EMERGE modular robot: A tool for fast deployment of evolved robots
R Moreno, A Faiña - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This work presents a platform for evolution of morphology in full cycle reconfigurable
hardware: The EMERGE (Easy Modular Embodied Robot Generator) modular robot …
hardware: The EMERGE (Easy Modular Embodied Robot Generator) modular robot …
A model-free method to learn multiple skills in parallel on modular robots
Legged robots are well-suited for deployment in unstructured environments but require a
unique control scheme specific for their design. As controllers optimised in simulation do not …
unique control scheme specific for their design. As controllers optimised in simulation do not …