?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Evolutionary+Robotics%3A+Exploiting+the+full+power+of+self-organization&rft.creator=Nolfi%2C+Stefano&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=In+this+paper+I+claim+that+one+of+the+main+characteristics+that+makes+the+Evolutionary+Robotics+approach+suitable+for+the+study+of+adaptive+behavior+in+natural+and+artificial+agents+is+the+possibility+to+rely+largely+on+a+self-organization+process.+Indeed+by+using+Artificial+Evolution+the+role+of+the+designer+may+be+limited+to+the+specification+of+a+fitness+function+which+measures+the+ability+of+a+given+robot+to+perform+a+desired+task.+From+an+engineering+point+of+view+the+main+advantage+of+relying+on+self-organization+is+the+fact+that+the+designer+does+not+need+to+divide+the+desired+behavior+into+simple+basic+behaviors+to+be+implemented+into+separate+layers+(or+modules)+of+the+robot+control+system.+By+selecting+individuals+for+their+ability+to+perform+the+desired+behavior+as+a+whole%2C+simple+basic+behaviors+can+emerge+from+the+interaction+between+several+processes+in+the+control+system+and+from+the+interaction+between+the+robot+and+the+environment.+From+the+point+of+view+of+the+study+of+natural+systems%2C+the+possibility+of+evolving+robots+that+are+free+to+select+their+way+to+solve+a+task+by+interacting+with+their+environment+may+help+us+to+understand+how+natural+organisms+produce+adaptive+behavior.+Finally%2C+the+attempt+to+scale+up+to+more+complex+tasks+may+help+us+to+identify+what+the+critical+features+of+Natural+Evolution+are+which+allowed+the+emergence+of+the+extraordinary+variety+of+highly+adapted+life+forms+present+on+the+planet.&rft.date=1998-06&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F506%2F2%2Fpaper.ps&rft.identifier=++Nolfi%2C+Stefano++(1998)+Evolutionary+Robotics%3A+Exploiting+the+full+power+of+self-organization.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F506%2F