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| * Contact: [[http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~mdorigo|Marco Dorigo]] (IRIDIA) | * Contact: [[http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~mdorigo|Marco Dorigo]] (IRIDIA) | ||
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| - | ===== Evolution of Modular Controllers for Simulated and Real Robots ===== | ||
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| - | The goal of this master thesis is investigating how modularity in a robot controller can influence the quality of the behaviours obtained through artificial evolution. | ||
| - | Similarly to the nervous system that can be divided in central and peripheral, the project will study a modular architecture for neural network controllers. The peripheral modules encode the information coming from the sensory subsytems or going to the motor apparatus. The central system encodes the behavioural rules that map sensations to actions. The project will study methods to develop the peripheral modules by maximising the information transfer from the sensory input and to the motor output, on the basis of measures derived from Information Theory. | ||
| - | The project will involve experimental activities with both simulated and real robots, and will investigate both individual and collective behaviours. | ||
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| - | Required skills: The candidates should be acquainted with C/C++ programming and have a working knowledge of the English language. | ||
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| - | * Contact: [[http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~vtrianni|Vito Trianni]], Marco Dorigo (IRIDIA) | ||