Evolutionary Swarm Robotics : Evolving Self-Organising Behaviours in Groups of Autonomous Robots

The Evolution of Self-Organization.- Embodied Cognitive Science.- Multi-Robot Systems, Swarm Robotics and Self-Organisation.- Evolutionary Robotics for Self-Organising Behaviours.- Experiments with Simulated and Real Robots.- A Self-Organising Artefact: The Swarm-bot.- Coordinated Motion.- Hole Avoidance.- Self-Organising Synchronisation.- Future Directions.- Emergent Collective Decisions through Self-Organisation.- Decision-Making Mechanisms through the Perception of Time.- From Solitary to Collective Behaviours: Decision Making and Cooperation.- Conclusions.