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A survey on evolutionary-aided design in robotics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2018

Shanker G. Radhakrishna Prabhu Open the ORCID record for Shanker G. Radhakrishna Prabhu [Opens in a new window] ,
Richard C. Seals ,
Peter J. Kyberd  and
Jodie C. Wetherall
Shanker G. Radhakrishna Prabhu*
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering & Science, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK. E-mails: r.seals@gre.ac.uk, p.j.kyberd@gre.ac.uk, j.c.wetherall@gre.ac.uk
Richard C. Seals
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering & Science, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK. E-mails: r.seals@gre.ac.uk, p.j.kyberd@gre.ac.uk, j.c.wetherall@gre.ac.uk
Peter J. Kyberd
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering & Science, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK. E-mails: r.seals@gre.ac.uk, p.j.kyberd@gre.ac.uk, j.c.wetherall@gre.ac.uk
Jodie C. Wetherall
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering & Science, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK. E-mails: r.seals@gre.ac.uk, p.j.kyberd@gre.ac.uk, j.c.wetherall@gre.ac.uk
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*Corresponding author. E-mail: s.prabhu@gre.ac.uk
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The evolutionary-aided design process is a method to find solutions to design and optimisation problems. Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are applied to search for optimal solutions from a solution space that evolves over several generations. EAs have found applications in many areas of robotics. This paper covers the efforts to determine body morphology of robots through evolution and body morphology with the controller of robots or similar creatures through co-evolution. The works are reviewed from the perspective of how different algorithms are applied and includes a brief explanation of how they are implemented.

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Evolutionary robotics (ER)Evolutionary-aided designMorphology evolutionCo-evolution

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Robotica , Volume 36 , Issue 12 , December 2018 , pp. 1804 - 1821
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