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Robots with internal models: A route to self-aware and hence safer robots (2014)
Book Chapter
Winfield, A. F. (2014). Robots with internal models: A route to self-aware and hence safer robots. In J. Pitt (Ed.), The Computer After Me: Awareness And Self-Awareness In Autonomic Systems (237-252). London: Imperial College Press

The aim of this chapter is to set out the case for building robots with internal models as a possible route toward achieving a level of functional self-awareness that would usefully extend the capabilities of autonomous robots. The chapter argues tha... Read More about Robots with internal models: A route to self-aware and hence safer robots.

A low-cost real-time tracking infrastructure for ground-based robot swarms (2014)
Book Chapter
Millard, A., Hilder, J., Timmis, J., & Winfield, A. F. (2014). A low-cost real-time tracking infrastructure for ground-based robot swarms. In C. Solnon, T. Stützle, M. Birattari, S. Garnier, H. Hamann, M. Montes de Oca, & M. Dorigo (Eds.), Swarm Intelligence, 9th International Conference, ANTS 2014 (278-279). Springer

A tracking infrastructure is a useful tool for swarm robotics research, and has many potential applications. Unfortunately, for many research laboratories, constructing one may be prohibitively expensive. In this paper we present a low-cost tracking... Read More about A low-cost real-time tracking infrastructure for ground-based robot swarms.

Estimating the energy cost of (artificial) evolution (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Winfield, A. F. (2014, July). Estimating the energy cost of (artificial) evolution. Paper presented at Fourteenth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, New York

This short discussion paper sets out to explore the question: what is the energy cost of evolving complex artificial life? The paper takes an unconventional approach by first estimating the energy cost of natural evolution and, in particular, the spe... Read More about Estimating the energy cost of (artificial) evolution.

The next big thing(s) in robotics (2014)
Book Chapter
Winfield, A. F. (2014). The next big thing(s) in robotics. In S. Westlake (Ed.), Our Work Here is Done: Visions of a Robot Economy (38-44). London: NESTA

Towards exogenous fault detection in swarm robotic systems (2014)
Book Chapter
Millard, A. G., Timmis, J., & Winfield, A. F. (2014). Towards exogenous fault detection in swarm robotic systems. In C. Melhuish, M. Witkowski, A. Natraj, & S. Cameron (Eds.), Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (429-430). Springer Berlin Heidelberg

It has long been assumed that swarm systems are robust, in the sense that the failure of individual robots will have little detrimental effect on a swarm’s overall collective behaviour. However, Bjerknes and Winfield [1] have recently shown that this... Read More about Towards exogenous fault detection in swarm robotic systems.

Mapping the hinterland: Data issues in open science (2014)
Journal Article
Grand, A., Wilkinson, C., Bultitude, K., & Winfield, A. F. (2014). Mapping the hinterland: Data issues in open science. Public Understanding of Science, 25(1), 88-103. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662514530374

© The Author(s) 2014. Open science is a practice in which the scientific process is shared completely and in real time. It offers the potential to support information flow, collaboration and dialogue among professional and non-professional participan... Read More about Mapping the hinterland: Data issues in open science.

euRathlon Outdoor Robotics Challenge: Year 1 Report (2014)
Book Chapter
Winfield, A. F., Palau Franco, M., Brueggemann, B., Castro, A., Djapic, V., Ferri, G., …Viguria, A. (2014). euRathlon Outdoor Robotics Challenge: Year 1 Report. In M. Mistry, A. Leonardis, M. Witkowski, & C. Melhuish (Eds.), Advances in Autonomous Robotics Systems: 15th Annual Conference, TAROS 2014, Birmingham, UK, September 1-3, 2014. Proceedings (267-268). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10401-0

Towards an ethical robot: Internal models, consequences and ethical action selection (2014)
Journal Article
Winfield, A. F., Blum, C., & Liu, W. (2014). Towards an ethical robot: Internal models, consequences and ethical action selection. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 8717 LNAI, 85-96. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10401-0_8

If robots are to be trusted, especially when interacting with humans, then they will need to be more than just safe. This paper explores the potential of robots capable of modelling and therefore predicting the consequences of both their own actions,... Read More about Towards an ethical robot: Internal models, consequences and ethical action selection.

The distributed co-evolution of an on-board simulator and controller for swarm robot behaviours (2014)
Journal Article
O'Dowd, P., Studley, M., & Winfield, A. F. (2014). The distributed co-evolution of an on-board simulator and controller for swarm robot behaviours. Evolutionary Intelligence, 7(2), 95-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12065-014-0112-8

We investigate the reality gap, specifically the environmental correspondence of an on-board simulator. We describe a novel distributed co-evolutionary approach to improve the transference of controllers that co-evolve with an on-board simulator. A n... Read More about The distributed co-evolution of an on-board simulator and controller for swarm robot behaviours.