Journal Articles


M. Cavdan, J. Kaduk, A. Vatakis, H. Hamann, and D. K.
Time perception and emotion in a real-life human-robot swarm interaction
Journal of Vision, 4798-4798, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2023, 2,023
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T. K. Kaiser and H. Hamann
Innate Motivation for Robot Swarms by Minimizing Surprise: From Simple Simulations to Real-World Experiments
in IEEE Transactions on Robotics, IEEE, 2022, 2,022
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H. Hamann and A. Reina
Scalability in Computing and Robotics
IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2021, 2,021
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M. Wahby, M. K. Heinrich, D. N. Hofstadler, J. Petzold, I. Kuksin, P. Zahadat, T. Schmickl, P. Ayres, et al.
Robotic Sensing and Stimuli Provision for Guided Plant Growth
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), 149, Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), 2019, 2,019
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M. K. Heinrich, S. von Mammen, D. N. Hofstadler, M. Wahby, P. Zahadat, T. Skrzypczak, M. D. Soorati, R. Krela, et al.
Constructing Living Buildings: A Review of Relevant Technologies for a Novel Application of Biohybrid Robotics
Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 20190238, Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 2019, 2,019
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D. N. Hofstadler, M. Wahby, M. K. Heinrich, H. Hamann, P. Zahadat, P. Ayres, and T. Schmickl
Evolved Control of Natural Plants: Crossing the Reality Gap for User-defined Steering of Growth and Motion
ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS) - Special Issue on SASO 2016, Volume 12, Issue 3, Article No. 15, ACM, New York 2017, 2,017
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Conference Papers


M. Roshdi, J. Petzold, M. Wahby, H. Ebrahim, M. Berekovic, and H. Hamann
On the Road to Clarity: Exploring Explainable AI for World Models in a Driver Assistance System
2024 1st Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2,024
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J. Petzold, M. Wahby, Y. Ziad, M. ElSheikh, A. Dawood, M. Berekovic, and H. Hamann
Protecting Vulnerable Road Users: Semantic Video Analysis for Accident Prediction
2023 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), 2,023
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J. Petzold, M. Wahby, F. Stark, U. Behrje, and H. Hamann

2022 8th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR), 2,022
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H. Xue, R. Song, J. Petzold, B. Hein, H. Hamann, and E. Rueckert
End-To-End Deep Reinforcement Learning for First-Person Pedestrian Visual Navigation in Urban Environments
2022 IEEE-RAS 21st International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 350-357, IEEE, 2022, 2,022
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J. Petzold, M. Wahby, F. Stark, U. Behrje, and H. Hamann
“If you could see me through my eyes”: Predicting Pedestrian Perception
2022 8th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR), 184-190, IEEE, 2022, 2,022
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K. Pfister and H. Hamann
Collective decision-making with Bayesian robots in dynamic environments
2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 7245-7250, IEEE, Kyoto, Japan 2022, 2,022
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M. Križmancic, T. Rabbel, E. Buss, M. Wahby, H. Hamann, and S. Bogdan
Distributed connectivity control in bio-hybrid wireless sensor networks
Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Conference on Information Technology for Social Good, 250-257, ACM, 2022, 2,022
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T. K. Kaiser, C. Lang, F. A. Marwitz, C. Charles, S. Dreier, J. Petzold, M. F. Hannawald, M. J. Begemann, et al.
An Innate Motivation to Tidy Your Room: Online Onboard Evolution of Manipulation Behaviors in a Robot Swarm
In: Matsuno F., Azuma S., Yamamoto M. (eds) Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems. DARS 2021. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol 22, Springer, Cham 2022, 2,022
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T. K. Kaiser, M. J. Begemann, T. Plattenteich, L. Schilling, G. Schildbach, and H. Hamann
ROS2swarm - A ROS 2 Package for Swarm Robot Behaviors
2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2022, 2,022
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T. K. Kaiser and H. Hamann
Minimize Surprise MAP-Elites: A Task-independent MAP-Elites Variant for Swarms
In Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion (GECCO '22 Companion), Boston, MA, USA, ACM, New York, USA 2022, 2,022
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M. Dorigo, H. Hamann, M. López-Ibáñez, J. García-Nieto, A. Engelbrecht, C. Pinciroli, V. Strobel, and C. Camacho-Villalón
Swarm Intelligence: 13th International Conference, ANTS 2022, Málaga, Spain, November 2–4, 2022, Proceedings
13th International Conference, ANTS 2022, Springer Nature, Málaga, Spain 2022, 2,022
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E. Buss, T. Rabbel, V. Horvat, M. Krizmancic, S. Bogdan, M. Wahby, and H. Hamann
Phytonodes for environmental monitoring: stimulus classification based on natural plant signals in an interactive energy-efficient bio-hybrid system
Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Conference on Information Technology for Social Good, 258-264, ACM, 2022, 2,022
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T. Aust, M. Talamali, M. Dorigo, H. Hamann, and A. Reina
The hidden benefits of limited communication and slow sensing in collective monitoring of dynamic environments
International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, 234-247, Springer International Publishing, 2022, 2,022
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M. Wahby, J. Petzold, and H. Hamann
A Concept of Full Plant Morphology Modeling for Robot-Plant Bio-Hybrids
ALIFE 2021: The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life, 2021, 2,021
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T. Schmickl, P. Zahadat, and H. Hamann
Wankelmut: A Simple Benchmark for the Evolvability of Behavioral Complexity
Applied Sciences 11, 2021, 2,021
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B. Salamat, C. J. Starck, and H. Hamann
Automatic Centralized Control of Underactuated Large-scale Multi-robot Systems using a Generalized Coordinate Transformation
arXiv:2108.10153, 2021, 2,021
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M. Raoufi, H. Hamann, and P. Romanczuk
Speed-vs-Accuracy Tradeoff in Collective Estimation: An Adaptive Exploration Exploitation Case
International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS), 2021, 2,021
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N. T. Nguyen, L. Schilling, M. S. Angern, H. Hamann, F. Ernst, and G. Schildbach
B-spline Path Planner for Safe Navigation of Mobile Robots
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2021, 2,021
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H. Hamann, J. Schwarzat, I., Tomforde, and S. Thomsen
A Self-organising System Combining Self-adaptive Traffic Control and Urban Platooning: A Concept for Autonomous Driving
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems - VEHITS, 2021, 2,021
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H. Hamann, S. Bogdan, A. Diaz-Espejo, L. García-Carmona, V. Hernandez-Santana, S. Kernbach, A. Kernbach, A. Quijano-López, et al.
WatchPlant: Networked Bio-hybrid Systems for Pollution Monitoring of Urban Areas
ALIFE 2021: The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life, 2021, 2,021
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H. Hamann
Designing Robot Swarms and Bio-hybrid Systems for Adaptivity and Robustness
ceur-ws.org/, 2021, 2,021
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L. Garcia-Carmona, S. Bogdan, A. Diaz-Espejo, M. Dobielewski, H. Hamann, V. Hernandez-Santana, A. Kernbach, S. Kernbach, et al.
Biohybrid Systems for Environmental Intelligence on Living Plants: WatchPlant Project
In: Proceedings of the Conference on Information Technology for Social Good, 210–215, Association for Computing Machinery, Roma, Italy 2021, 2,021
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M. Dorigo, T. Stützle, M. J. Blesa, C. Blum, H. Hamann, and M. K. Heinrich
ANTS 2020 Special Issue: Editorial
ANTS 2020 Special Issue, 311-313, Springer US, 2021, 2,021
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J. Botev, K. Drewing, H. Hamann, Y. Khaluf, P. Simoens, and A. Vatakis
ChronoPilot: Modulating Time Perception
IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR), 2021, 2,021
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M. Wever, L. van Rooijen, and H. Hamann
Multi-Oracle Coevolutionary Learning of Requirements Specifications from Examples in On-The-Fly Markets
Evolutionary Computation, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA 2020, 2,020
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T. Kaiser and H. Hamann
Evolution of Diverse Swarm Behaviors with Minimal Surprise
Artificial Life Conference Proceedings 2020 NO. 32, 384-392, 2020, 2,020
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T. Kaiser and H. Hamann
Diversity in Swarm Robotics with Task-independent Behavior Characterization
In Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion (GECCO '20 Companion), July 8-12, 2020, Cancún, Mexico, ACM, New York, USA 2020, 2,020
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H. Hamann, M. Schranz, W. Elmenreich, V. Trianni, C. Pinciroli, N. Bredeche, and E. Ferrante
Designing Self-Organization in the Physical Realm
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 597859, Frontiers Media SA, 2020, 2,020
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H. Hamann, M. Berekovic, N. Stoll, M. I. Ali, and H. F. M. El-sayed
Guest Editorial: Evolutionary Computation for Image Processing (Retracted article. See vol. 17, pg. 301, 2023)
Evolutionary Computation for Image Processing, WILEY, 2020, 2,020
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H. Hamann, T. Aust, and A. Reina
Guerrilla Performance Analysis for Robot Swarms: Degrees of Collaboration and Chains of Interference Events. In: Dorigo M. et al. (eds) Swarm Intelligence
International Conference on Swarm Intelligence ANTS 2020, 134-147, Springer, Cham, 2020, 2,020
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M. Dorigo, T. Stützle, M. J. Blesa, C. Blum, H. Hamann, M. K. Heinrich, and V. Strobel
ANTS: International Conference on Swarm Intelligence: Proceedings
ANTS: International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, Springer, Barcelona, Spain 2020, 2,020
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M. Wahby, J. Petzold, C. Eschke, T. Schmickl, and H. Hamann
Collective change detection: adaptivity to dynamic swarm densities and light conditions in robot swarms
The International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (ALIFE), 642-649, Artificial life (ALIFE), Newcastle, UK 2019, 2,019
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M. Niess and H. Hamann
Self-organized Construction by Population Coding
Int. Workshop on Self-organised Construction (SOCO), IEEE, 2019, 2,019
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Y. Khaluf, P. Simoens, and H. Hamann
The Neglected Pieces of Designing Collective Decision-Making Processes
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2019, 2,019
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Y. Khaluf and H. Hamann
Modulating Interaction Times in an Artificial Society of Robots
Int. Conf. of Alife, MIT Press, 2019, 2,019
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T. K. Kaiser and H. Hamann
Engineered self-organization for resilient robot self-assembly with minimal surprise
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2019, 2,019
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T. K. Kaiser and H. Hamann
Self-Organized Construction by Minimal Surprise
2019 IEEE 4th International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS*W), 213-218, IEEE, 2019, 2,019
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T. K. Kaiser and H. Hamann
Self-Assembly in Patterns with Minimal Surprise: Engineered Self-Organization and Adaptation to the Environment
Correll N., Schwager M., Otte M. (eds) Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol 9., 183-195, Springer International Publishing, Cham 2019, 2,019
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H. Hamann, S. V. Mammen, I. Mauser, P. Ayres, W. Banzhaff, P. Bentley, P. Dittrich, M. Dorigo, et al.
SOCO 2018 Foreword: 2nd International Workshop on Self-Organised Construction
Proceedings-2018 IEEE 3rd International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems, FAS* W 2018, XIX, 2019, 2,019
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H. Hamann, C. Pinciroli, and S. von Mammen
A Gamification Concept for Teaching Swarm Robotics
EWME 2018, IEEE, 2019, 2,019
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M. K. Heinrich, M. D. Soorati, T. K. Kaiser, M. Wahby, and H. Hamann
Swarm robotics: Robustness, scalability, and self-X features in industrial applications
it - Information Technology, 159-167, DE GRUYTER, 2019, 2,019
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C. Eschke, M. K. Heinrich, M. Wahby, and H. Hamann
Self-organized adaptive paths in multi-robot manufacturing: reconfigurable and pattern-independent fibre deployment
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, Macau, China 2019, 2,019
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M. D. Soorati, P. Zahadat, J. Ghofrani, and H. Hamann
Adaptive Path Formation in Self-Assembling Robot Swarms by Tree-like Vascular Morphogenesis
Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol. 9, 299-311, Springer International Publishing, Cham 2019, 2,019
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M. D. Soorati, M. Krome, M. Mora-Mendoza, J. Ghofrani, and H. Hamann
Plasticity in Collective Decision-Making for Robots: Creating Global Reference Frames, Detecting Dynamic Environments, and Preventing Lock-ins
2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, Macau, China 2019, 2,019
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M. D. Soorati, M. K. Heinrich, J. Ghofrani, P. Zahadat, and H. Hamann
Photomorphogenesis for Robot Self-assembly: Adaptivity, Collective Decision-making, and Self-repair
Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, IOPScience, 2019, 2,019
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M. Wahby, M. Heinrich, D. Hofstadler, N. Neufeld, I. Kuksin, P. Zahadat, T. Schmickl, P. Ayres, et al.
Autonomously Shaping Natural Climbing Plants: A Bio-hybrid Approach
Royal Society Open Science, Royal Society Open Science, 2018, 2,018
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M. Wahby, M. Heinrich, D. Hofstadtler, P. Zahadat, S. Risi, P. Ayres, S. T., and H. Hamann
A Robot to Shape your Natural Plant: The Machine Learning Approach to Model and Control Bio-Hybrid Systems
Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), 165--172, ACM, Kyoto, Japan 2018, 2,018
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H. Hamann, S. von Mammen, and M. I.
Special issue on self-organised construction
Swarm Intelligence, 97-99, Springer US, 2018, 2,018
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H. Hamann, C. Markarian, M. a. der H. F., and M. Wahby
Pick, Pack, & Survive: Charging Robots in a Modern Warehouse based on Online Connected Dominating Sets
9th Int. Conf. on Fun with Algorithms, 22:1--22:13, Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, La Maddalena, Italy 2018, 2,018
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H. Hamann and S. von Mammen
Swarm Robotics
Organic Computing - Technical Systems for Survival in the Real World, 2018, 2,018
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H. Hamann
Opinion Dynamics With Mobile Agents: Contrarian Effects by Spatial Correlations
frontiers in Robotics and AI, frontiers, 2018, 2,018
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M. D. Soorati, J. Ghofrani, P. Zahadat, and H. Hamann
Robust and Adaptive Robot Self-Assembly Based on Vascular Morphogenesis
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 4282-4287, IEEE, Madrid 2018, 2,018
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M. Berekovic, R. Buchty, H. Hamann, D. Koch, and P. T.
Architecture of Computing Systems-ARCS 2018
Architecture of Computing Systems-ARCS 2018, Springer International Publishing, 2018, 2,018
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M. Wever, L. van Rooijen, and H. Hamann
Active Coevolutionary Learning of Requirements Specifications from Examples
The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2017, Berlin, ACM, 1327-1334, ACM, Berlin 2017, 2,017
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D. Wagner, C. Hofmann, H. Hamann, and S. von Mammen
Design and Exploration of Braiding Swarms in VR
23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, Article No. 13, ACM, Gothenburg 2017, 2,017
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L. van Rooijen, F. Bäumer, M. C. Platenius, M. Geierhos, H. Hamann, and G. Engels
From User Demand to Software Service: Using Machine Learning to Automate the Requirements Specification Process
Fourth International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Requirements Engineering (AIRE 17) workshop - in conjuction with RE 17, IEEE, Lisbon 2017, 2,017
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Y. Khaluf, C. Pinciroli, G. Valentini, and H. Hamann
The Impact of Agent Density on Scalability in Collective Systems: Noise-Induced vs Majority-Based Bistability
Swarm Intelligence, Volume 11, Issue 2, 155–179, Springer US, 2017, 2,017
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H. Hamann, M. D. Soorati, and M. Heinrich
Flora robotica--An Architectural System Combining Living Natural Plants and Distributed Robots
arXiv:1709.04291, arXiv preprint, 2017, 2,017
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R. Borkowski and H. Hamann
Evolving robot swarm behaviors by minimizing surprise: results of simulations in 2-d on a Torus
The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2017, 1679-1680, ACM, Berlin 2017, 2,017
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M. Wahby, A. Weinhold, and H. Hamann
Revisiting BEECLUST: Aggregation of Swarm Robots with Adaptiveness to Different Light Settings
In: Proceedings of the 9th EAI International Conference on Bio-Inspired Information and Communications, 272–279, ICST (Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering), Brussels, BEL 2016, 2,016
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M. Wahby, D. Hofstadler, M. Heinrich, P. Zahadat, and H. Hamann
An Evolutionary Robotics Approach to the Control of Plant Growth and Motion: Modeling Plants and Crossing the Reality Gap
2016 IEEE 10th International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO), 21-30, IEEE, Augsburg, Germany 2016, 2,016
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M. Heinrich, M. Wahby, M. D. Soorati, D. N. Hofstadler, P. Zahadat, P. Ayres, K. Støy, and H. Hamann
Self-Organized Construction with Continuous Building Material: Higher Flexibility Based on Braided Structures
2016 IEEE 1st International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS*W), 154-159, IEEE, Augsburg, Germany 2016, 2,016
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H. Hamann, Y. Khaluf, J. Botev, M. D. Soorati, E. Ferrante, O. Kosak, J. Montanier, S. Mostaghim, et al.
Hybrid Societies: Challenges and Perspectives in the Design of Collective Behavior in Self-organizing Systems
In: Frontiers in Robotics and AI Volume 3, 14, 2016, 2,016
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M. Wahby, M. D. Soorati, S. von Mammen, and H. Hamann
Evolution of Controllers for Robot-Plant Bio-Hybdrids: A Simple Case Study Using a Model of Plant Growth and Motion
In: Proceedings of the 25th Workshop on Computational Intelligence, 67-86, KIT Scientific Publishing, 2015, 2,015
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M. Wahby and H. Hamann
On the Tradeoff Between Hardware Protection and Optimization Success: A Case Study in Onboard Evolutionary Robotics for Autonomous Parallel Parking
In: Mora A., Squillero G. (eds) Applications of Evolutionary Computation, 759-770, Springer International Publishing, Cham 2015, 2,015
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H. Hamann, M. Wahby, T. Schmickl, P. Zahadat, D. Hofstadler, K. Stoy, S. Risi, A. Faina, et al.
Flora Robotica - Mixed Societies of Symbiotic Robot-Plant Bio-Hybrids
2015 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, IEEE, Cape Town, South Africa 2015, 2,015
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