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A Morphogenetic Evolutionary System: Phylogenesis of the POEtic Circuit

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Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware (ICES 2003)

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This paper describes a new evolutionary mechanism developed specifically for cellular circuits. Called morphogenetic system, it is inspired by the mechanisms of gene expression and cell differentiation found in living organisms. It will be used as the phylogenetic (evolutionary) mechanism in the POEtic project. The POEtic project will deliver an electronic circuit, called the POEtic circuit, with the capability to evolve (Phylogenesis), self-repair and grow (Ontogenesis) and learn (Epigenesis). The morphogenetic system is applied to the generation of patterns and to the evolution of spiking neural networks, with experiments of pattern recognition and obstacle avoidance with robots. Experimental results show that the morphogenetic system outperforms a direct genetic coding in several experiments.

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  1. Autonomous Systems Laboratory, Institute of Systems Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Daniel Roggen, Dario Floreano & Claudio Mattiussi

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  1. The Department of Electronics, The University of York, YO10 5DD, Heslington, York, United Kingdom

    AAndy M. Tyrrell

  2. Department of Computer and Information Science, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Sælands Vei, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Pauline C. Haddow

  3. Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1080, 0316, Blindern, Oslo, Norway

    Jim Torresen

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Roggen, D., Floreano, D., Mattiussi, C. (2003). A Morphogenetic Evolutionary System: Phylogenesis of the POEtic Circuit. In: Tyrrell, A.M., Haddow, P.C., Torresen, J. (eds) Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware. ICES 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2606. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36553-2_14

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