Evolutionary and Adaptive Robotics
Autonomous mobile robots play a role in the work of a number of members of the CCNR. Some are interested in developing biologically inspired robotic control systems as an alternative to more mainstream design approaches. Others use robots as an experimental tool to help investigate hypotheses about behavioural strategies and behaviour generating mechanisms in animals. Of course, these two areas of research interact - we are all interested in adaptive systems, natural and artificial, capable of operating in a robust fashion in noisy uncertain environments. A strong theme in much of this work is Evolutionary Robotics - the use of evolutionary computing techniques to develop `artificial nervous systems' for robots. For further questions email Ezequiel Di Paolo.
