Evolutionary Humanoid Robotics

by Malachy Eaton

This book examines how two distinct strands of research on autonomous robots, evolutionary robotics and humanoid robot research, are converging. The book will be valuable for researchers and postgraduate students working in the areas of evolutionary robotics and bio-inspired computing.

235 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 2, 2015

Reviews

[Juxi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had the joy of reading M Eaton's new book titled "Evolutionary Humanoid Robots"
tries to tackle the intersection of evolutionary search and robotics, especially focused on humanoid or human-like robots. It is a skill to hit the right spot between introducing newcomers to a concept while also informing researchers in the field. Eaton manages to deliver a a nice flowing, quick to read book (with its about 140 pages) to do just that.

The book gives the reader an introduction of the relevant principles and ideas in evolutionary computing and its applications in evolutionary robotics. I recommend this book to starting graduate students in the field, or researchers that are interested and are looking to get started in this area. With its focus on humanoid robots it might seem like a niche book but the discussion about current approaches and their limitations have implications for not just humanoid ... more at http://blog.juxi.net/index.php/2015/1...

[Raiyan Ahsan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Plenty of details if you're writing a report.

Not useful at all if you're looking for implementation details.