From Animals to Animats 6 : Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior

by Jean-Arcady Meyer, Alain Berthoz, Dario Floreano, Herbert L. Roitblat and Stewart W. Wilson (Eds.)

• ISBN13: 9780262632003
• ISBN10: 0262632004
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: MIT PRESS

Summary

The Animals to Animats Conference brings together researchers from ethology, psychology, ecology, artificial intelligence, artificial life, robotics, engineering, and related fields to further understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow natural and synthetic agents (animats) to adapt and survive in uncertain environments. The work presented focuses on well-defined models--robotic, computer-simulation, and mathematical--that help to characterize and compare various organizational principles or architectures underlying adaptive behavior in both natural animals and animats.

Table of Contents

Preface
THE ANIMAT APPROACH TO ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR
From SAB94 to SAB2000: What's New, Animat?	3	(10)
Agnes Guillot
Jean-Arcady Meyer
Elements of Viability Theory for Animat Design	13	(10)
Jean-Pierre Aubin
On the Role of Morphology and Materials in Adaptive Behavior	23	(10)
Rolf Pfeifer
On the Relation among Morphology, Material, and Control in Morpho-Functional Machines	33	(8)
Fumio Hara
Rolf Pfeifer
Experience-Dependent Perceptual Categorization in a Behaving Real-World Device	41	(10)
Jeffrey L. Krichmar
James A. Snook
Gerald M. Edelman
Olaf Sporns
The Epsilon State Count	51	(10)
Bram Bakker
Michiel de Jong
Connecting Brains to Robots: An Artificial Animal for the Study of Learning in Vertebrate Nervous Systems	61	(12)
Karen M. Fleming
Bernard D. Reger
Vittorio Sanguineti
Simon Alford
Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi
PERCEPTION AND MOTOR CONTROL
Designing Artificial Ears for Animat Echolocation	73	(8)
Jose M. Carmena
DaeEun Kim
C. T. Hallam
Reactive Maze Solving with a Biologically-Inspired Wind Sensor	81	(7)
Tim Chapman
Adam Hayes
Mark Tilden
Visual Tracking in Simulated Salamander Locomotion	88	(10)
Auke Jan Ijspeert
Michael Arbib
Adaptive Image Stabilization: A Need for Vision-Based Active Robotics Agents	98	(7)
Francesco Panerai
Giorgio Metta
Guilio Sandini
Neural Oscillator Networks for Rhythmic Control of Animats	105	(10)
Artur M. Arsenio
On ``Parts'' and ``Wholes'' of Adaptive Behavior: Functional Modularity and Diachronic Structure in Recurrent Neural Robot Controllers	115	(10)
Tom Ziemke
Telerobotic Sheepdogs: How Useful Is Autonomous Behavior?	125	(10)
Myra Wilson
Mark Neal
Generating Interactive Robot Behavior: A Mathematical Approach	135	(12)
Rainer Menzner
Axel Steinhage
Wolfram Erlhagen
ACTION SELECTION AND BEHAVIORAL SEQUENCES
Hierarchy and Sequences vs. Full Parallelism in Action Selection	147	(10)
Joanna Bryson
An Embodied Model of Action Selection Mechanisms in the Vertebrate Brain	157	(10)
Fernando Montes Gonzalez
Tony J. Prescott
Kevin Gurney
Mark Humphries
Peter Redgrave
Learning to Integrate Reactive and Planning Behaviors for Construction	167	(10)
Gerald Chao
Anand Panangadan
Michael G. Dyer
The Role of Behavioral Extinction in Animat Action Selection	177	(12)
Mark Witkowski
INTERNAL WORLD MODELS FOR NAVIGATION
Detecting Novel Features of an Environment Using Habituation	189	(10)
Stephen Marsland
Ulrich Nehmzow
Jonathan Shapiro
Extraction and Inversion of Abstract Sensory Flow Representations	199	(10)
Fredrik Linaker
Lars Niklasson
Micronavigation	209	(10)
Maurizio Piaggio
Antonio Sgorbissa
Renato Zaccaria
Computer Simulation of Long-Range Bird Navigation	219	(9)
Ulrich Nehmzow
Roswitha Wiltschko
Neural Network Approach to Path Integration for Homing Navigation	228	(8)
DaeEun Kim
John C. T. Hallam
Modeling Rodent Head-direction Cells and Place Cells for Spatial Learning in Bio-mimetic Robotics	236	(10)
Angelo Arleo
Wulfram Gerstner
Active Perception and Map Learning for Robot Navigation	246	(10)
David Filliat
Jean-Arcady Meyer
A Computational Model of Context Processing	256	(10)
Christian Balkenius
Jan Moren
From Navigation to Active Object Recognition	266	(13)
Sacha Lepretre
Philippe Gaussier
Jean-Pierre Cocquerez
LEARNING
Simulating Classical Conditioning Using a Neuro-Connector Net	279	(8)
Bridget Hallam
First Cognitive Capabilities in the Anticipatory Classifier System	287	(10)
Wolfgang Stolzmann
Martin V. Butz
Joachim Hoffmann
David E. Goldberg
Obstacle Avoidance for a Distributed Autonomous Swimming Robot by Interaction-Based Learning	297	(10)
Daisuke Iijima
Wenwei Yu
Hiroshi Yokoi
Yukinori Kakazu
Evolutionary Design of Learning State Space for Small Airship Control	307	(10)
Keiko Motoyama
Keiji Suzuki
Masahito Yamamoto
Azuma Ohuchi
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Bidding for Segmenting Action Sequences	317	(8)
Ron Sun
Chad Sessions
Partitioning in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning	325	(8)
Ron Sun
Todd Peterson
Adaptive Agents with Reinforcement Learning and Internal Memory	333	(10)
Pier Luca Lanzi
Learning in Categorizable Environments	343	(10)
Josep M. Porta
Enric Celaya
imitation: Learning and Communication	353	(10)
Pierre Andry
Sorin Moga
Philippe Gaussier
Arnaud Revel
Jacqueline Nadel
Utilising a Cerebellar Model for Mobile Robot Control in a Delayed Sensory Environment	363	(10)
David Collins
Gordon Wyeth
Observation and Imitation: Goal Sequence Learning in Neurally Controlled Construction Animats: VI-MAXSON	373	(10)
Frederick L. Crabbe
Michael G. Dyer
A Computational Model of Emotional Learning in the Amygdala	383	(12)
Jan Moren
Christian Balkenius
EVOLUTION
Sexual Preferences: Dimension and Complexity	395	(10)
Patricio Lerena
Visual Resolution Evolving to a Trade-Off Curve	405	(8)
Rens Kortmann
Eric Postma
Jaap van den Herik
Evolving Visually-Guided Robots Able to Discriminate between Different Landmarks	413	(7)
Stefano Nolfi
Davide Marocco
Investigating Morphological Symmetry and Locomotive Efficiency Using Virtual Embodied Evolution	420	(10)
Josh C. Bongard
Chandana Paul
Further Experiments in the Evolution of Minimally Cognitive Behavior: From Perceiving Affordances to Selective Attention	430	(10)
Andrew C. Slocum
Douglas C. Downey
Randall D. Beer
Homeostatic Adaptation to Inversion of the Visual Field and Other Sensorimotor Disruptions	440	(10)
Ezequiel A. Di Paolo
Measuring Progress in Coevolutionary Competition	450	(10)
Pablo Funes
Jordan B. Pollack
Self-Adaptive Mutation in Classifier System Controllers	460	(11)
Larry Bull
Jacob Hurst
Andy Tomlinson
COLLECTIVE BEHAVIORS
Unorthodox Optimal Foraging Theory	471	(10)
Anil K. Seth
Talk Is Cheap: Evolved Strategies for Communication and Action in Asymmetrical Contests	481	(10)
Jason Noble
Go Ahead, Make My Day: Robot Conflict Resolution by Aggressive Competition	491	(10)
Richard R. Vaughan
Kasper Stoy
Gaurav S. Sukhatme
Maja J. Mataric
Using Information Theory Approach to Study the Communication System and Numerical Competence in Ants	501	(6)
Zhanna Reznikova
Boris Ryabko
Effective Learning Approach for Planning and Scheduling in Multi-Agent Domain	507	(12)
Sachiyo Arai
Katia Sycara
APPLIED ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR
Issues of Robot-Human Interaction Dynamics in the Rehabilitation of Children with Autism	519	(10)
Kerstin Dautenhahn
Iain Werry
An Evolutionary Approach to Guiding Students in an Educational Game	529	(10)
Elizabeth Sklar
Jordan Pollack
Author Index	539