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We evolve a robotic controller for a four-legged real robot enabling it to walk dynamically. Evolution is performed on-line by a linear machine code GP system. The robot has eight degrees of freedom and is built from standard R/C servos. Different walking strategies are shown by the robot during evolution and the evolving system is robust against mechanical failures.
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Andersson, B., Svensson, P., Nordahl, M., Nordin, P. (2000). On-line Evolution of Control for a Four-Legged Robot Using Genetic Programming. In: Cagnoni, S. (eds) Real-World Applications of Evolutionary Computing. EvoWorkshops 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1803. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45561-2_31
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