The impact of jointly evolving robot morphology and control on adaptation rate
Josh Bongard · 2009
Embodied cognition emphasizes that intelligent behavior results from the coupled dynamics between an agent's body, brain and environment. In response to this, several projects have jointly evolved robot morphology and control to realize desired behaviors. However, which aspects of a robot's morphology should be placed under evolutionary control remains an open question. Here it is shown that subjugating more of the robot's body plan to selection pressure may either slow or increase the rate of evolution, depending on the desired behavior.