Coupled inverted pendulums : a benchmark for evolving decentral controllers in modular robotics

Hamann, Heiko; Schmickl, Thomas; Crailsheim, Karl

Coupled inverted pendulums : a benchmark for evolving decentral controllers in modular robotics

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2011

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Hamann, Heiko

Schmickl, Thomas

Crailsheim, Karl

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GECCO '11 : Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation / Krasnogor, Natalio et al. (ed.). - New York, NY : ACM, 2011. - pp. 195-202. - ISBN 978-1-4503-0557-0

Abstract

The challenging scientific field of self-reconfiguring modular robotics (i.e., decentrally controlled 'super-robots' based on autonomous, interacting robot modules with variable morphologies) calls for novel paradigms of designing robot controllers. One option is the approach of evolutionary robotics. In this approach, the challenge is to achieve high evaluation numbers with the available resources which may even affect the feasibility of this approach. Simulations are usually applied at least in a preliminary stage of research to support controller design. However, even simulations are computationally expensive which gets even more burdensome once comprehensive studies and comparisons between different controller designs and approaches have to be done. Hence, a benchmark with low computational cost is needed that still contains the typical challenges of decentral control, is comparable, and easily manageable. We propose such a benchmark and report an empirical study of its characteristics including the transition from the single-robot setting to the multi-robot setting, typical local optima, and properties of adaptive walks through the fitness landscape.

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004 Computer Science

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GECCO '11 : 13th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation, Jul 12, 2011 - Jul 16, 2011, Dublin, Ireland

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HAMANN, Heiko, Thomas SCHMICKL, Karl CRAILSHEIM, 2011. Coupled inverted pendulums : a benchmark for evolving decentral controllers in modular robotics. GECCO '11 : 13th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation. Dublin, Ireland, Jul 12, 2011 - Jul 16, 2011. In: KRASNOGOR, Natalio, ed. and others. GECCO '11 : Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation. New York, NY:ACM, pp. 195-202. ISBN 978-1-4503-0557-0. Available under: doi: 10.1145/2001576.2001604

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@inproceedings{Hamann2011Coupl-59918,
  year={2011},
  doi={10.1145/2001576.2001604},
  title={Coupled inverted pendulums : a benchmark for evolving decentral controllers in modular robotics},
  isbn={978-1-4503-0557-0},
  publisher={ACM},
  address={New York, NY},
  booktitle={GECCO '11 : Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation},
  pages={195--202},
  editor={Krasnogor, Natalio},
  author={Hamann, Heiko and Schmickl, Thomas and Crailsheim, Karl}
}

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