Evolving controllers for virtual creature locomotion

Authors:
Michael Sanders;Richard Lobb;Patricia Riddle
Affiliations:
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Venue:
Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques in Australasia and South East Asia
Year:
2003

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Abstract

We consider the application of Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) to the problem of automating the locomotion of computer-simulated creatures. We introduce niching as a way of maintaining genetic diversity and show that it results in the generation of a range of locomotion controllers and increases the probability of finding difficult or rare locomotion modes.