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ECAL
2003
Springer
14 years 20 days ago
Artificial Metabolism: Towards True Energetic Autonomy in Artificial Life
Abstract. This paper reports on the proof-of-concept work to produce an energetically autonomous robot employing an artificial metabolic system using Microbial Fuel Cells. The pres...
Ioannis Ieropoulos, Chris Melhuish, John Greenman
ECAL
2003
Springer
14 years 20 days ago
First Steps in Evolving Path Integration in Simulation
Abstract. Path integration is a widely used method of navigation in nature whereby an animal continuously tracks its location by integrating its motion over the course of a journey...
Robert Vickerstaff
ECAL
2003
Springer
14 years 20 days ago
Visualizing Evolutionary Dynamics of Self-Replicators Using Graph-Based Genealogy
We present a general method for evaluating and visualizing evolutionary dynamics of self-replicators using a graph-based representation for genealogy. Through a transformation from...
Chris Salzberg, Antony Antony, Hiroki Sayama
ECAL
2003
Springer
14 years 20 days ago
Optimal Morphology of a Biologically-Inspired Whisker Array on an Obstacle-Avoiding Robot
Abstract. Whiskers are versatile sensors for short-range navigation and exploration that are widespread in many animal species, especially in rodents. Their arrangement is in very ...
Miriam Fend, Hiroshi Yokoi, Rolf Pfeifer
ECAL
2003
Springer
14 years 20 days ago
Multi-agent Model of Biological Swarming
An agent-based approach is used to explain the formation of vortex swarms in biological systems. The dynamics of the multiagent system is described by 3N coupled equations, modeli...
Robert Mach, Frank Schweitzer