Autonomous evolution of gaits with the Sony Quadruped Robot

A trend in robotics is towards legged robots. One of the issues with legged robots is the development of gaits. Typically gaits arc developed manually. In this paper we report our results of autonomous evolution of dynamic gaits for the Sony Quadruped Robot. Fitness is determined using the robot's digital camera and infrared sensors. Using this system we evolve faster dynamic gaits than previously manually developed.

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