[HTML][HTML] Empirical assessment and comparison of neuro-evolutionary methods for the automatic off-line design of robot swarms
Neuro-evolution is an appealing approach to generating collective behaviors for robot
swarms. In its typical application, known as off-line automatic design, the neural networks …
swarms. In its typical application, known as off-line automatic design, the neural networks …
Simulation-only experiments to mimic the effects of the reality gap in the automatic design of robot swarms
A Ligot, M Birattari - Swarm Intelligence, 2020 - Springer
The reality gap—the discrepancy between reality and simulation—is a critical issue in the off-
line automatic design of control software for robot swarms, as well as for single robots. It is …
line automatic design of control software for robot swarms, as well as for single robots. It is …
Behavior trees as a control architecture in the automatic modular design of robot swarms
Previous research has shown that automatically combining low-level behaviors into a
probabilistic finite state machine produces control software that crosses the reality gap …
probabilistic finite state machine produces control software that crosses the reality gap …
[HTML][HTML] Automatic design of stigmergy-based behaviours for robot swarms
Stigmergy is a form of indirect communication and coordination in which individuals
influence their peers by modifying the environment in various ways, including rearranging …
influence their peers by modifying the environment in various ways, including rearranging …
[HTML][HTML] Automatic design of collective behaviors for robots that can display and perceive colors
D Garzón Ramos, M Birattari - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Research in swarm robotics has shown that automatic design is an effective approach to
realize robot swarms. In automatic design methods, the collective behavior of a swarm is …
realize robot swarms. In automatic design methods, the collective behavior of a swarm is …
Automatic modular design of robot swarms based on repertoires of behaviors generated via novelty search
Several methods have already been proposed to automatically design control software for
robot swarms by assembling predefined modules. Yet, so far, the modules on which these …
robot swarms by assembling predefined modules. Yet, so far, the modules on which these …
Automode-mate: Automatic off-line design of spatially-organizing behaviors for robot swarms
FJ Mendiburu, DG Ramos, MRA Morais… - Swarm and Evolutionary …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present Mate, an automatic off-line design method specialized in the design of spatially-
organizing behaviors for robot swarms. Mate belongs to the family of modular methods …
organizing behaviors for robot swarms. Mate belongs to the family of modular methods …
[HTML][HTML] Phormica: Photochromic Pheromone Release and Detection System for Stigmergic Coordination in Robot Swarms
Stigmergy is a form of indirect communication and coordination in which agents modify the
environment to pass information to their peers. In nature, animals use stigmergy by, for …
environment to pass information to their peers. In nature, animals use stigmergy by, for …
Transferability in the automatic off-line design of robot swarms: from sim-to-real to embodiment and design-method transfer across different platforms
Automatic off-line design is an attractive approach to implementing robot swarms. In this
approach, a designer specifies a mission to be accomplished by the swarm, and an …
approach, a designer specifies a mission to be accomplished by the swarm, and an …
Show me what you want: Inverse reinforcement learning to automatically design robot swarms by demonstration
Automatic design is a promising approach to generating control software for robot swarms.
So far, automatic design has relied on mission-specific objective functions to specify the …
So far, automatic design has relied on mission-specific objective functions to specify the …