Continuous optimization plays an increasingly significant role in everyday decision-making situations. Our group had previously developed a multilevel system called the artificial neuromolecular system (ANM) that possessed structure richness allowing variation and/or selection operators to act on it in order to generate a broad range of dynamic behaviors. In this paper, we used the ANM system to control the motions of a wooden walking robot named Miky. The robot was used to investigate the ANM system's capability to deal with continuous optimization problems through self-organized learning. Evolutionary learning algorithm was used to train the system and generate appropriate control. The experimental results showed that Miky was capable of learning in a continued manner in a physical environment. A further experiment was conducted by making some changes to Miky's physical structure in order to observe the system's capability to deal with the change. Detailed analysis of the experimental results showed that Miky responded to the change by appropriately adjusting its leg movements in space and time. The results showed that the ANM system possessed continuous optimization capability in coping with the change. Our findings from the empirical experiments might provide us another dimension of information of how to design an intelligent system comparatively friendlier than the traditional systems in assisting humans to walk.
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A Study of the Continuous Optimization Problem Using a Wood Robot Controlled by a Biologically Motivated System
Jong-Chen Chen
Jong-Chen Chen
Information Management Department,
e-mail: jcchen@yuntech.edu.tw
National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
,123 University Road
,Section 3
,Douliu 64002
, Taiwan
e-mail: jcchen@yuntech.edu.tw
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Jong-Chen Chen
Information Management Department,
e-mail: jcchen@yuntech.edu.tw
National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
,123 University Road
,Section 3
,Douliu 64002
, Taiwan
e-mail: jcchen@yuntech.edu.tw
Contributed by the Dynamic Systems Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS, MEASUREMENT, AND CONTROL. Manuscript received September 22, 2013; final manuscript received January 21, 2015; published online March 23, 2015. Assoc. Editor: Sergey Nersesov.
J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. Jul 2015, 137(7): 071008 (11 pages)
Published Online: July 1, 2015
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September 22, 2013
Revision Received:
January 21, 2015
Online:
March 23, 2015
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Chen, J. (July 1, 2015). "A Study of the Continuous Optimization Problem Using a Wood Robot Controlled by a Biologically Motivated System." ASME. J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. July 2015; 137(7): 071008. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4029718
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