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On the Origin of Environments by Means of Natural Selection
2002
The field of adaptive robotics involves simulations and real-world implementations of robots that adapt to their environments. In this article, I introduce adaptive environmentics -- the flip side of adaptive robotics -- in which the environment adapts to the robot. To illustrate the approach, I offer three simple experiments in which a genetic algorithm is used to shape an environment for a simulated khepera robot. I then discuss at length the potential of adaptive environmentics, also delineating several possible avenues of future research.
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research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000180288000010
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Publication date
2002
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Volume
22
Issue
4
Start page
133
End page
140
Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
EPFL units
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November 30, 2004
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