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ENSO
Released 2010
This package contains software implementing the ENSO approach for evolving symmetric modular neural networks. It also includes examples utilizing ENSO to evolve neural network controllers for simulated and physical multilegged robots.
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People
Risto Miikkulainen
Faculty
risto [at] cs utexas edu
Vinod Valsalam
Ph.D. Alumni
vkv [at] alumni utexas net
Projects
Learning Strategic Behavior in Sequential Decision Tasks
2009 - 2014
Modular Neuroevolution for Multilegged Locomotion
2007 - 2012
Evolving Controllers for Physical Multilegged Robots
2010 - 2011
Evolving Locomotion Controllers for Multilegged Robots
2008 - 2010
Utilizing Symmetry in Evolutionary Design
2007 - 2010
Publications
Neuroevolution
Risto Miikkulainen
To Appear In Dinh Phung, Claude Sammut and Geoffrey I. Webb, editors,
Encyclopedia of Machine Lea...
2022
Neuroevolution
Risto Miikkulainen
In Sammut, C. and Webb, G. I., editors,
Encyclopedia of Machine Learning, 2nd Edition
, Berlin...
2015
IJCNN-2013 Tutorial on Evolution of Neural Networks
Risto Miikkulainen
To Appear In 2013. Tutorial slides..
2013
Constructing Controllers for Physical Multilegged Robots using the ENSO Neuroevolution Approach
Vinod K. Valsalam, Jonathan Hiller, Robert MacCurdy, Hod Lipson and Risto Miikkulainen
Evolutionary Intelligence
, 5(1):1--12, 2012.
2012
Evolving Symmetry for Modular System Design
Vinod K. Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
, 15(3):368--386, 2011.
2011
Utilizing Symmetry in Evolutionary Design
Vinod Valsalam
PhD Thesis, Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2010. Te...
2010
Evolving Symmetric and Modular Neural Network Controllers for Multilegged Robots
Vinod K. Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen
In
xploring New Horizons in Evolutionary Design of Robots: Workshop at the 2009 IEEE/RSJ Internat...
2009
Evolving Symmetric and Modular Neural Networks for Distributed Control
Vinod K. Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen
In
Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO)
, 731--738, 200...
2009
Modular Neuroevolution for Multilegged Locomotion
Vinod K. Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen
In
Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference GECCO 2008
, 265-272, Ne...
2008
Demos
Evolving Controllers for Physical Multilegged Robots
Vinod Valsalam
2011
Evolving Controller Symmetry for Multilegged Robots
Vinod Valsalam
2010
Areas of Interest
Evolutionary Computation
Neuroevolution
Control
Robotics