Adaptive Pet Robot Videos

The goal of this master thesis is to evolve a robot-dog, which is capable of intelligent interaction with the environment, in the same manner as an ordinary dog.

Homing behaviors

Grrr. the adaptive pet robot searches the arena for the blue spot representing home. The white lines are the boundries of the arena.
Homing 1 Homing 2 Homing 3

Exploration behavior

This video shows Grrr. doing an axploration behavior. It moves around in the arena trying to cover as much of it as possible.
Explore

Seek Food behavior

Grrr. searches the arena for food (represented by the green squares). When a food item is found Grrr. wags its tail while enjoying the meal :-)
Seek Fodd Behavior 1 Seek Fodd Behavior 2 Seek Fodd Behavior 3