A simulation of evolved autotrophic reproduction

In this experiment we evolve reproductive behaviors for a simulated vehicle. Future work will employ the resulting behaviors to populate a simulated ecosystem. Categories and Subject Descriptors I.2.0 [Artificial Intelligence] General—Cognitive simulation; I.2.6 [Artificial Intelligence] Learning—Connectionism and neural nets; I.2.9 [Artificial Intelligence] Robotics—Autonomous vehicles; I.2.11 [Artificial Intelligence] Distributed Artificial Intelligence —Intelligent agents; General Terms Algorithms, Experimentation Keywords Self-replication, Neuroevolution, Robotic Control

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: GECCO
• Authors: Correy Allen Kowall, Brian J. Krent
• Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Artificial Intelligence, GECCO 2007, Simulated Vehicle