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
Publications
Neuroevolution 2022
Risto Miikkulainen, To Appear In Encyclopedia of Machine Learning and Data Science, 3rd Edition, Dinh Phung, Claude Sammut and Geoffrey I. Webb (Eds.), New York, 2022. Springer.
Neuroevolution 2015
Risto Miikkulainen, In Encyclopedia of Machine Learning, 2nd Edition, Sammut, C. and Webb, G. I. (Eds.), Berlin, 2015. Springer.
IJCNN-2013 Tutorial on Evolution of Neural Networks 2013
Risto Miikkulainen, To Appear In unpublished. Tutorial slides..
Constructing Controllers for Physical Multilegged Robots using the ENSO Neuroevolution Approach 2012
Vinod K. Valsalam, Jonathan Hiller, Robert MacCurdy, Hod Lipson and Risto Miikkulainen, Evolutionary Intelligence, Vol. 5, 1 (2012), pp. 1--12.
Evolving Symmetry for Modular System Design 2011
Vinod K. Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Vol. 15, 3 (2011), pp. 368--386.
Utilizing Symmetry in Evolutionary Design 2010
Vinod Valsalam, PhD Thesis, Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin. Technical Report AI-10-04.
Evolving Symmetric and Modular Neural Network Controllers for Multilegged Robots 2009
Vinod K. Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen, In xploring New Horizons in Evolutionary Design of Robots: Workshop at the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2009.
Evolving Symmetric and Modular Neural Networks for Distributed Control 2009
Vinod K. Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen, In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), pp. 731--738 2009.
Modular Neuroevolution for Multilegged Locomotion 2008
Vinod K. Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen, In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference GECCO 2008, pp. 265-272, New York, NY, USA 2008. ACM.
Projects
Utilizing Symmetry in Evolutionary Design 2007 - 2010
Modular Neuroevolution for Multilegged Locomotion 2007 - 2012
Evolving Locomotion Controllers for Multilegged Robots 2008 - 2010
Learning Strategic Behavior in Sequential Decision Tasks 2009 - 2014
Evolving Controllers for Physical Multilegged Robots 2010 - 2011
Areas of Interest
Control Evolutionary Computation Neuroevolution Robotics
Demos
Evolving Controller Symmetry for Multilegged RobotsVinod Valsalam2010
Evolving Controllers for Physical Multilegged RobotsVinod Valsalam2011
Labs
Neural Networks