On the design of neuro-controllers for individual and social learning behaviour in autonomous robots: an evolutionary approach

  • Authors:
  • Giovanni Pini;Elio Tuci

  • Affiliations:
  • CoDE-IRIDIA, Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium;CoDE-IRIDIA, Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium

  • Venue:
  • Connection Science - Social Learning in Embodied Agents
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

In biology/psychology, the capability of natural organisms to learn from the observation/interaction with conspecifics is referred to as social learning. Roboticists have recently developed an interest in social learning, since it might represent an effective strategy to enhance the adaptivity of a team of autonomous robots. In this study, we show that a methodological approach based on artifcial neural networks shaped by evolutionary computation techniques can be successfully employed to synthesise the individual and social learning mechanisms for robots required to learn a desired action (i.e. phototaxis or antiphototaxis).