Back to reality: Crossing the reality gap in evolutionary robotics

JC Zagal, J Ruiz-del-Solar, P Vallejos - IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 2004 - Elsevier
In this work a new method to evolutionary robotics is proposed, it combines into asingle
framework, learning from reality and simulations. An illusory sub-system is incorporated as …

Combining simulation and reality in evolutionary robotics

JC Zagal, J Ruiz-Del-Solar - Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 2007 - Springer
Evolutionary Robotics (ER) is a promising methodology, intended for the autonomous
development of robots, in which their behaviors are obtained as a consequence of the …

Machine learning with AIBO robots in the four-legged league of RoboCup

SK Chalup, CL Murch… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot learning is a growing area of research at the intersection of robotics and machine
learning. The main contributions of this paper include a review of how machine learning has …

UCHILSIM: A dynamically and visually realistic simulator for the RoboCup four legged league

JC Zagal, J Ruiz-del-Solar - RoboCup 2004: Robot Soccer World Cup VIII …, 2005 - Springer
UCHILSIM is a robotic simulator specially developed for the RoboCup four-legged league. It
reproduces with high accuracy the dynamics of AIBO motions and its interactions with the …

Towards rapid multi-robot learning from demonstration at the robocup competition

D Freelan, D Wicke, K Sullivan, S Luke - … 2014: Robot World Cup XVIII 18, 2015 - Springer
We describe our previous and current efforts towards achieving an unusual personal
RoboCup goal: to train a full team of robots directly through demonstration, on the field of …

Learning powerful kicks on the aibo ers-7: The quest for a striker

M Hausknecht, P Stone - RoboCup 2010: Robot Soccer World Cup XIV 14, 2011 - Springer
Coordinating complex motion sequences remains a challenging task for robotics. Machine
Learning has aided this process, successfully improving motion sequences such as walking …

Simulation of autonomous robot teams with adaptable levels of abstraction

M Friedmann - 2010 - tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de
Simulation is one of the most important Tools for the development of soft-and hardware for
autonomous robots. Depending on the purpose of the simulation different levels of …

Self-modeling in humanoid soccer robots

JC Zagal, J Delpiano, J Ruiz-del-Solar - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2009 - Elsevier
In this paper we discuss the applicability, potential benefits, open problems and expected
contributions that an emerging set of self-modeling techniques might bring on the …

UChile roadrunners 2008 team description paper

J Ruiz-del-Solar, P Vallejos, I Parra, J Testart… - RoboCup International …, 2008 - orbit.dtu.dk
Our robotics group has teams in three leagues: humanoid, SPL, and@ home. Taking
advantage of this, we want to contribute to the transfer of relevant developments between …

Autonomous learning of ball trapping in the four-legged robot league

H Kobayashi, T Osaki, E Williams, A Ishino… - RoboCup 2006: Robot …, 2007 - Springer
This paper describes an autonomous learning method used with real robots in order to
acquire ball trapping skills in the four-legged robot league. These skills involve stopping and …