Last
news
- 04/23: new website
- 05/02: preliminary program
- 06/19: extended submission deadline: july, 10th, 2009
- 07/06: authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to be published as a chapter in a Springer book
- 09/07: new program
- 09/11: proceedings and introductory paper available for download
- 10/06: updated version of the proceedings.
- 11/08: creation of a mailing list to facilitate exchanges on the topics of the workshop.
- 11/19: Added slides of J. Bongard and P. Bidaud (those of K. Stanley will be uploaded soon).
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Robot design usually follows a
reductionist approach where mechanics,
electronics, control loops and software are designed in sequential
order, without much “feedback” from higher level
components. While
impressive results have been achieved with this methodology, and it is
arguably the best suited to human engineers, it neglects numerous
situations in which, for instance, a minor change in mechanics can
substantially simplify software and/or electronics. Conversely,
evolution allows living organisms to take full advantage of
interactions
across levels, because it provides a automatic and integrated design
process that relies only on the effectiveness of its results as a
whole.
Loosely inspired by nature,
Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) now provide
mature optimization tools that have successfully been applied to the
design of many artifacts, from antennas to complete robots. In
robotics,
it has culminated in the Evolutionary Robotics research field. Modular
robotics, swarm robotics or any robot with non-conventional mechanics
(high redundancy, dynamic motion, multi-modality) are challenging
robotics applications for which such an integrated approach could prove
useful.
The workshop will present the most recent
fundamental developments of
ER, including some not yet transferred to real robotics applications.
It
also aims at facilitating discussions on ER applications between
researchers of the field and potential users. Compared to the main
conference, the emphasis will be on fundamental issues rather than on
practical implementations.
Intended
audience
This
workshop is intended to discuss recent trends in evolutionary robotics
and present them to the robotics community. It is also aimed at
facilitating the exchanges between the two communities. The intended
audience consists then in computer scientists working in the ER field
or any roboticist interested by the subject and wishing to know recent
development in this field.
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List
of Topics
- Benchmarks
& applications in evolutionary robotics (ER):
- what
robotics application
challenges for future work?
- what
could be the killer
app of ER?
- Methodological
issues related to ER use in the context of automatic engineering:
fitness, genotype, phenotype, selection pressure, algorithm design
- bootstrap
& premature
convergence
- genotype
and phenotype
abstraction level in relation to the problem to
be solved
- statistical
tools
relevant in the context of population-based dynamics
- models of
ecological evolution
- Multi-objective
approaches
- Diversity
and novelty in evolutionary robotics
- Modularity
in genotype, phenotype and selection pressure
- Evolution
and development
- Behavior
description
- On-line
evolutionary robotics
- Evolution
of swarm robotics
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Organizers
- S. Doncieux,
Univ. Pierre et
Marie Curie, ISIR/CNRS, France.
- N. Bredeche,
Univ. Paris-Sud,
TAO/INRIA, LRI/CNRS, France.
- J.-B. Mouret,
Univ. Pierre et
Marie Curie, ISIR/CNRS, France.
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Program
Commitee
- J. Bongard,
University of
Vermont. USA.
- A.E. Eiben,
Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- E. Haasdijk,
Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- J.-A. Meyer,
Univ. Pierre et
Marie Curie, ISIR/CNRS, France.
- A. Philippides,
University of
Sussex, UK.
- M. Schoenauer,
TAO/INRIA, France.
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Submission
and deadlines
- Paper format: 2
to 8 pages, IEEE
double column format
- Submission: papers should be sent
in electronic form (pdf) to evoderob@isir.fr
- EXTENDED Submission
deadline: July, 10th, 2009
- Notification of
acceptance: July,
31th, 2009
- Camera-ready:
August, 15th, 2009
- Contact:
evoderob@isir.fr
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Program
Download the whole proceedings or just the introductory paper.
- 10:30-10:45: Introduction
- 10:45-11:45: Invited talk 1:
"Resilient machines", J. Bongard
- 11:45-12:00: Poster spotlight 1:
- J. Auerbach, J. C. Bongard: "Evolving Monolithic Robot Controllers
Through Incremental Shaping"
- S. Doncieux: "Evolutionary Algorithms as exploration and analysis
helper tools, application to a flapping wings aircraft"
- Y. Kassahun, J. de Gea, M. Römmermann, F. Kirchner: "On Applying
Neuroevolutionary Methods to Complex Robotic Tasks"
- Y. Meng, H. Guo, Y. Jin: "A Multi-Cellular based Self-Organizing
Approach for Multi-Robot Systems"
- 12:00-14:00:
lunch (poster session)
- 14:00-15:00:
Invited talk 2:
"Abandoning Objectives and the Search
for Novelty",
K. Stanley (slides coming soon)
- 15:00-15:30: Poster spotlight 2:
- J.M. Montanier, N. Bredeche: "Embedded Evolutionary Robotics: The
(1+1)-Restart-Online Adaptation Algorithm"
- J.B. Mouret: "Novelty-based Multiobjectivization"
- M.E. Palmer, D.B. Miller, T.L. Blackwell: "An Evolved Neural
Controller for Bipedal Walking: Transition from Simulator to Hardware"
- S. Rubrecht, V. Padois, P. Bidaud: "Evolutionary Design of a
Robotic Manipulator for a Highly Constrained Environment"
- T. Schmickl, J. Stradner, H. Hamann, K. Crailsheim: "Major
Feedbacks that Support Artificial Evolution in Multi-Modular Robotics"
- P. Svec, S.K. Gupta: "Competitive Co-evolution of High-Level
Blocking Controllers for Unmanned Surface Vehicles"
- M.T. Tolley, J.D. Hiller, H. Lipson: "Evolutionary Design and
Assembly Planning for Stochastic Modular Robots"
- V.K. Valsalam, R. Miikkulainen: "Evolving Symmetric and Modular Neural Network Controllers for
Multilegged Robots"
- 15:30-16:00: coffee break (poster session)
- 16:00-17:00:
Invited talk 3:
"Evolutionary algorithms for the design
of complex robotics systems", Ph. Bidaud
- 17:00-17:30: panel
discussion
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