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This paper explores the application of an artificial developmental system (ADS) to the field of evolutionary robotics by investigating the capability of a gene regulatory network (GRN) to specify a general purpose obstacle avoidance controller both in simulation and on a real robot. Experiments are carried out using the e-puck robot platform. It is further proposed to use cross-correlation between inputs and outputs in order to assess the quality of robot controllers more accurately than with observing its behaviour alone.
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Trefzer, M.A., Kuyucu, T., Miller, J.F., Tyrrell, A.M. (2010). Evolution and Analysis of a Robot Controller Based on a Gene Regulatory Network. In: Tempesti, G., Tyrrell, A.M., Miller, J.F. (eds) Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware. ICES 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6274. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15323-5_6
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