University of Hertfordshire Adaptive Systems Research Group Seminar

"An Experiment in Evolving Hand-Eye Coordination for Elvis the Humanoid Robot"

W. B. Langdon (University College London)
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/W.Langdon

3 April 2001, Tuesday, 2-3 pm
Seminar Room D118

Abstract:

In this experiment Elvis learns simultaneously both how to control his limbs and how to interpret the stereo information given by his twin video cameras. Elvis is a free standing (2' high) autonomous robot (although he was sat down in this experiment). There is a short video clip showing Elvis in action at http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/W.Langdon/elvis