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A. Cully, J. Clune, D. Tarapore, J.-B Mouret (2015). Robots that can adapt like animals.
Nature. 521. (7553) 503-507. Nature Publishing Group. 10.1038/nature14422
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J.-B Mouret (2020). Evolving the behavior of machines: from micro to macroevolution.
iScience. 101731. Elsevier.[ url ]

L. Penco, J.-B Mouret, S. Ivaldi (2023). Prescient teleoperation of humanoid robots.
Proc. of IEEE Humanoids [ url ] [ video ]

J. Clune*, J.-B Mouret, H. Lipson (2013). The evolutionary origins of modularity.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280 (* J. Clune and J.-B. Mouret contributed equally to this work). 20122863. 10.1098/rspb.2012.2863
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Pre-prints / arxiv


2015

J.-B Mouret, J. Clune (2015). Illuminating search spaces by mapping elites.
arXiv preprint. [url]

Articles in peer-reviewed journals


2024

P. Kent, A. Gaier, J.-B Mouret, J. Branke (2024). Bayesian Optimisation for Quality Diversity Search With Coupled Descriptor Functions.
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 1-1. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 10.1109/TEVC.2024.3376733
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Q. Rouxel, S. Ivaldi, J.-B Mouret (2024). Multi-Contact Whole-Body Force Control for Position-Controlled Robots.
Robotics and Automation Letters.
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2023

Jacques Zhong and Vincent Weistroffer and Jean-Baptiste Mouret and Francis Colas and Pauline Maurice (2023). Workstation Suitability Maps: Generating Ergonomic Behaviors on a Population of Virtual Humans with Multi-task Optimization.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
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Procureur, Sébastien and Morishima, Kunihiro and Kuno, Mitsuaki and Manabe, Yuta and Kitagawa, Nobuko and Nishio, Akira and Gomez, Hector and Attié, David and Sakakibara, Ami and Hikata, Kotaro and others (2023). Precise characterization of a corridor-shaped structure in Khufu’s Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons.
Nature Communications. 14. (1) 1144. Nature Publishing Group UK London.

2022

W. Gomes, P. Maurice, E. Dalin, J.-B Mouret, S. Ivaldi (2022). Multi-objective Trajectory Optimization to Improve Ergonomics in Human Motion.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. IEEE.
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T. Anne, E. Dalin, I. Bergonzani, S. Ivaldi, J.-B Mouret (2022). First do not fall: learning to exploit a wall with a damaged humanoid robot.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. IEEE.
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2021

L. Vianello, J.-B Mouret, E. Dalin, A. Aubry, S. Ivaldi (2021). Human posture prediction during physical human-robot interaction.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 6. (3) 6046-6053. IEEE . 10.1109/LRA.2021.3086666
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P. Laclau, V. Tempez, F. Ruffier, E. Natalizio, J.-B Mouret (2021). Signal-Based Self-Organization of a Chain of UAVs for Subterranean Exploration.
Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 8. Frontiers Media S.A.. 10.3389/frobt.2021.614206
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2020

K. Chatzilygeroudis, V. Vassiliades, F. Stulp, S. Calinon, J.-B Mouret (2020). A survey on policy search algorithms for learning robot controllers in a handful of trials.
IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 36. (2) 328--347.
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Lehman, Joel and others (2020). The surprising creativity of digital evolution: A collection of anecdotes from the evolutionary computation and artificial life research communities.
Artificial Life.
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R. Kaushik, P. Desreumaux, J.-B Mouret (2020). Adaptive Prior Selection for Repertoire-based Online Learning in Robotics.
Frontiers in Robotics and AI.
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L. Penco, E. Mingo Hoffman, V. Modugno, W. Gomes, J.-B Mouret, S. Ivaldi (2020). Learning Robust Task Priorities and Gains for Control of Redundant Robots.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 5. (2) 2626--2633. IEEE .
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J.-B Mouret (2020). Evolving the behavior of machines: from micro to macroevolution.
iScience. 101731. Elsevier.[url]

S. Paul, K. Chatzilygeroudis, K. Ciosek, J.-B Mouret, M. Osborne, S. Whiteson (2020). Robust Reinforcement Learning with Bayesian Optimisation and Quadrature.
Journal of Machine Learning Research. 21. 1 - 31. Microtome Publishing.
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2019

D. Howard, A. Eiben, D. Kennedy, J.-B Mouret, P. Valencia, D. Winkler (2019). Evolving embodied intelligence from materials to machines.
Nature Machine Intelligence. 1. (1) 12--19. Nature Publishing Group.
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2018

J. Rieffel*, J.-B Mouret* (2018). Adaptive and Resilient Soft Tensegrity Robots.
Soft Robotics. (* J. Rieffel and J.-B. Mouret contributed equally to this work). https://doi.org/10.1089/soro.2017.0066[url] [video]

A. Gaier, A. Asteroth, J.-B Mouret (2018). Data-Efficient Design Exploration through Surrogate-Assisted Illumination.
Evolutionary Computation. MIT Press. 10.1162/evco_a_00231
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A. Cully, K. Chatzilygeroudis, F. Allocati, J.-B Mouret (2018). Limbo: A Flexible High-performance Library for Gaussian Processes modeling and Data-Efficient Optimization.
The Journal of Open Source Software. 3. (26) 545. The Open Journal. 10.21105/joss.00545

2017

V. Vassiliades, K. Chatzilygeroudis, J.-B Mouret (2017). Using Centroidal Voronoi Tessellations to Scale Up the Multi-dimensional Archive of Phenotypic Elites Algorithm.
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 10.1109/TEVC.2017.2735550
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K. Morishima, M. Kuno, A. Nishio, N. Kitagawa, Y. Manabe, M. Moto, F. Takasaki, H. Fujii, K. Satoh, H. Kodama, K. Hayashi, S. Odaka, S. Procureur, D. Attié, S. Bouteille, D. Calvet, C. Filosa, P. Magnier, I. Mandjavidze, M. Riallot, B. Marini, P. Gable, Y. Date, M. Sugiura, Y. Elshayeb, T. Elnady, M. Ezzy, E. Guerriero, V. Steiger, N. Serikoff, J.-B Mouret, B. Charlès, H. Helal, M. Tayoubi (2017). Discovery of a big void in Khufu's Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons.
Nature. 1-13. Nature Publishing Group. 10.1038/nature24647
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J. Rieffel, J.-B Mouret, N. Bredeche, E. Haasdijk (2017). Introduction to the Evolution of Physical Systems.
Artificial Life. 23. (2) 119 - 123. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press). 10.1162/ARTL_e_00232
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K. Chatzilygeroudis, V. Vassiliades, J.-B Mouret (2017). Reset-free Trial-and-Error Learning for Robot Damage Recovery.
Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 1-19. Elsevier. 10.1016/j.robot.2017.11.010
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2016

A. Cully, J.-B Mouret (2016). Evolving a Behavioral Repertoire for a Walking Robot.
Evolutionary Computation. 24. (1) 59-88. MIT Press. 10.1162/EVCO_a_00143
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H. Mengistu, J. Huizinga, J.-B Mouret, J. Clune (2016). The Evolutionary Origins of Hierarchy.
PLoS Computational Biology. 12. (6) Public Library of Science. 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004829.s021
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L. Jolly, F. Pittet, J.-P Caudal, J.-B Mouret, C. Houdelier, S. Lumineau, E. de Margerie (2016). Animal-to-robot social attachment: initial requisites in a gallinaceous bird.
Bioinspiration and Biomimetics. 11. (1) 016007. IOP Publishing. 10.1088/1748-3190/11/1/016007[url]

2015

D. Tarapore, J.-B Mouret (2015). Evolvability signatures of generative encodings: Beyond standard performance benchmarks.
Information Sciences. 313. 43-61. Elsevier. 10.1016/j.ins.2015.03.046[url]

R. Reuillon, C. Schmitt, R. De Aldama, J.-B Mouret (2015). A New Method to Evaluate Simulation Models: The Calibration Profile (CP) Algorithm.
Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 18. (1) SimSoc Consortium. 10.18564/jasss.2675[url]

S. Doncieux, N. Bredeche, J.-B Mouret, G. Eiben (2015). Evolutionary robotics: what, why, and where to.
Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 10.3389/frobt.2015.00004. Frontiers. 10.3389/frobt.2015.00004
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A. Cully, J. Clune, D. Tarapore, J.-B Mouret (2015). Robots that can adapt like animals.
Nature. 521. (7553) 503-507. Nature Publishing Group. 10.1038/nature14422
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K. Ellefsen, J.-B Mouret, J. Clune (2015). Neural Modularity Helps Organisms Evolve to Learn New Skills without Forgetting Old Skills.
PLoS Computational Biology. 11. (4) e1004128. Public Library of Science. 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004128.s009
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2014

S. Doncieux, J.-B Mouret (2014). Beyond black-box optimization: a review of selective pressures for evolutionary robotics.
Evolutionary Intelligence. 7. (2) 71-93. 10.1007/s12065-014-0110-x[url]

2013

S. Koos, A. Cully, J.-B Mouret (2013). Fast Damage Recovery in Robotics with the T-Resilience Algorithm.
International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR). 32. (14) 1700-1723. SAGE Publications. 10.1177/0278364913499192
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S. Koos, J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux (2013). The Transferability Approach: Crossing the Reality Gap in Evolutionary Robotics.
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (TEC). 17. (1) 122--145. IEEE. 10.1109/TEVC.2012.2185849
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J. Clune*, J.-B Mouret, H. Lipson (2013). The evolutionary origins of modularity.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280 (* J. Clune and J.-B. Mouret contributed equally to this work). 20122863. 10.1098/rspb.2012.2863
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P. Tonelli, J.-B Mouret (2013). On the Relationships between Generative Encodings, Regularity, and Learning Abilities when Evolving Plastic Artificial Neural Networks.
PLoS One. 8. (11) e79138. 10.1371/journal.pone.0079138
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2012

J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux (2012). Encouraging Behavioral Diversity in Evolutionary Robotics: an Empirical Study.
Evolutionary Computation. 20. (1) 91-133. MIT Press. 10.1162/EVCO_a_00048
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2008

J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux (2008). MENNAG: a modular, regular and hierarchical encoding for neural-networks based on attribute grammars.
Evolutionary Intelligence. 1. (3) 187--207. 10.1007/s12065-008-0015-7
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2007

E. de Margerie, J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux, J.-A Meyer (2007). Artificial evolution of the morphology and kinematics in a flapping-wing mini UAV.
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 2. 65--82. 10.1088/1748-3182/2/4/002
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2004

T. Geraud, J.-B Mouret (2004). Fast road network extraction in satellite images using mathematical morphology and Markov random fields.
EURASIP Journal of Applied Signal Processing. 2503--2514. Hindawi Publishing Corp.. 10.1155/S1110865704409093

Edited books and proceedings


2011

S. Doncieux, N. Bredeche, J.-B Mouret (2011). New Horizons in Evolutionary Robotics: Extended Contributions from the 2009 EvoDeRob Workshop.
Springer.[url]

2010

S. Doncieux, B. Girard, A. Guillot, J. Hallam, J.-A Meyer, J.-B Mouret (2010). From Animals to Animats 11.
6226. LNAI. Springer.[html]

Articles in peer-reviewed conferences


2024

T. Anne, J.-B Mouret (2024). Parametric-Task MAP-Elites.
Proc. of GECCO ACM. 10.1145/3638529.3653993
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D. Totsila, Q. Rouxel, J.-B Mouret, S. Ivaldi (2024). Words2Contact: Identifying Support Contacts from Verbal Instructions Using Foundation Models.
IEEE RAS International Conference on Humanoids
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Q. Rouxel, A. Ferrari, S. Ivaldi, J.-B Mouret (2024). Flow Matching Imitation Learning for Multi-Support Manipulation.
IEEE RAS International Conference on Humanoids [url] [video]

2023

L. Penco, J.-B Mouret, S. Ivaldi (2023). Prescient teleoperation of humanoid robots.
Proc. of IEEE Humanoids [url] [video]

T. Bernardi, Y. Fleytoux, J.-B Mouret, S. Ivaldi (2023). Learning height for top-down grasps with the DIGIT sensor.
IEEE RAS International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
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2022

Y. Fleytoux, A. Ma, S. Ivaldi, J.-B Mouret (2022). Data-efficient learning of object-centric grasp preferences.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 6337--6343.
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E. d'Elia, J.-B Mouret, J. Kober, S. Ivaldi (2022). Automatic Tuning and Selection of Whole-Body Controllers.
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
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2021

L. Vianello, J.-B Mouret, E. Dalin, A. Aubry, S. Ivaldi (2021). Probabilistic estimation of postures during human-robot collaboration: an ergonomics perspective.
12th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics and the Affiliated Conferences, AHFE 2021
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2020

A. Gaier, A. Asteroth, J.-B Mouret (2020). Discovering Representations for Black-box Optimization.
Proc. of GECCO 103--111. 10.1145/3377930.3390221
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D. Bossens, J.-B Mouret, D. Tarapore (2020). Learning behaviour-performance maps with meta-evolution.
Proc. of GECCO
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J.-B Mouret, G. Maguire (2020). Quality Diversity for Multi-task Optimization.
Proc. of GECCO 121--129. 10.1145/3377930.3390203
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R. Kaushik, T. Anne, J.-B Mouret (2020). Fast Online Adaptation in Robotics through Meta-Learning Embeddings of Simulated Priors.
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 5269--5276.
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N. Justesen, M. Gonz{'a}lez-Duque, D. Cabarcas, J.-B Mouret, S. Risi (2020). Learning a Behavioral Repertoire from Demonstrations.
IEEE Conference on Games (CoG)
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2019

W. Gomes, V. Radhakrishnan, L. Penco, V. Modugno, J.-B Mouret, S. Ivaldi (2019). Humanoid Whole-Body Movement Optimization from Retargeted Human Motions.
IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots
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2018

S. Paul, K. Chatzilygeroudis, K. Ciosek, J.-B Mouret, M. Osborne, S. Whiteson (2018). Alternating Optimisation and Quadrature for Robust Control.
AAAI 2018 - The Thirty-Second AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
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R. Pautrat, K. Chatzilygeroudis, J.-B Mouret (2018). Bayesian Optimization with Automatic Prior Selection for Data-Efficient Direct Policy Search.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
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K. Chatzilygeroudis, J.-B Mouret (2018). Using Parameterized Black-Box Priors to Scale Up Model-Based Policy Search for Robotics.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
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V. Vassiliades, J.-B Mouret (2018). Discovering the Elite Hypervolume by Leveraging Interspecies Correlation.
Proc. of GECCO 10.1145/3205455.3205602
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A. Gaier, A. Asteroth, J.-B Mouret (2018). Data-efficient Neuroevolution with Kernel-Based Surrogate Models.
Proc. of GECCO 10.1145/3205455.3205510
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R. Kaushik, K. Chatzilygeroudis, J.-B Mouret (2018). Multi-objective Model-based Policy Search for Data-efficient Learning with Sparse Rewards.
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL)
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L. Penco, B. Clément, V. Modugno, E. Hoffman, G. Nava, D. Pucci, N. Tsagarakis, J.-B Mouret, S. Ivaldi (2018). Robust Real-time Whole-Body Motion Retargeting from Human to Humanoid.
IEEE-RAS 18th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids) 425--432.
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2017

A. Gaier, A. Asteroth, J.-B Mouret (2017). Aerodynamic Design Exploration through Surrogate-Assisted Illumination.
18th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference (best student paper) 10.2514/6.2017-3330
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A. Gaier, A. Asteroth, J.-B Mouret (2017). Data-Efficient Exploration, Optimization, and Modeling of Diverse Designs through Surrogate-Assisted Illumination.
Proc. of GECCO 10.1145/3071178.3071282
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K. Chatzilygeroudis, R. Rama, R. Kaushik, D. Goepp, V. Vassiliades, J.-B Mouret (2017). Black-Box Data-efficient Policy Search for Robotics.
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
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J. Spitz, K. Bouyarmane, S. Ivaldi, J.-B Mouret (2017). Trial-and-Error Learning of Repulsors for Humanoid QP-based Whole-Body Control.
Proc. of IEEE Humanoids
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2016

D. Tarapore, J. Clune, A. Cully, J.-B Mouret (2016). How Do Different Encodings Influence the Performance of the MAP-Elites Algorithm?.
Proc. of GECCO ACM. 10.1145/2908812.2908875
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J. Huizinga, J.-B Mouret, J. Clune (2016). Does Aligning Phenotypic and Genotypic Modularity Improve the Evolution of Neural Networks?.
Proc. of GECCO 125 - 132. ACM. 10.1145/2908812.2908836
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2014

J.-M Jehanno, A. Cully, C. Grand, J.-B Mouret (2014). Design of a Wheel-Legged Hexapod Robot for Creative Adaptation.
17th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR) 267-276. 10.1142/9789814623353_0032
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D. Tarapore, J.-B Mouret (2014). Comparing the evolvability of generative encoding schemes.
Artificial Life 14: Proc. of the Fourteenth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems 55-62. MIT Press. 10.7551/978-0-262-32621-6-ch011
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J. Huizinga, J.-B Mouret, J. Clune (2014). Evolving Neural Networks That Are Both Modular and Regular: HyperNeat Plus the Connection Cost Technique.
Proc. of GECCO 1-8. ACM. 10.1145/2576768.2598232
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2013

A. Cully, J.-B Mouret (2013). Behavioral Repertoire Learning in Robotics.
Proc. of GECCO 175-182. ACM. 10.1145/2463372.2463399
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S. Doncieux, J.-B Mouret (2013). Behavioral Diversity with Multiple Behavioral Distances.
15th IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC'13) 1-8. IEEE. 10.1109/CEC.2013.6557731
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M. Oliveira, S. Doncieux, J.-B Mouret, C. Peixoto Santos (2013). Optimization of Humanoid Walking Controller: Crossing the Reality Gap.
Proc. of IEEE Humanoids 1-7. 10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2013.7029963
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2011

T. Pinville, S. Koos, J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux (2011). How to Promote Generalisation in Evolutionary Robotics: the ProGAb Approach.
Proc. of GECCO 259-266. ACM. 10.1145/2001576.2001612
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S. Koos, J.-B Mouret (2011). Online Discovery of Locomotion Modes for Wheel-Legged Hybrid Robots: a Transferability-based Approach.
14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR). Highly Recommended Paper, category ``control of CLAWAR'' 70-77. 10.1142/9789814374286_0008
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A. Terekhov, J.-B Mouret, C. Grand (2011). Stochastic optimization of a chain sliding mode controller for the mobile robot maneuvering.
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 4360-4365. IEEE. 10.1109/IROS.2011.6094956
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P. Tonelli, J.-B Mouret (2011). On the Relationships between Synaptic Plasticity and Generative Systems..
Proc. of GECCO 1531-1538. ACM. 10.1145/2001576.2001782
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P. Tonelli, J.-B Mouret (2011). Using a Map-Based Encoding to Evolve Plastic Neural Networks.
Proc. of IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence 9-16. 10.1109/EAIS.2011.5945909
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2010

S. Koos, J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux (2010). Crossing the Reality Gap in Evolutionary Robotics by Promoting Transferable Controllers.
Proc. of GECCO 119-126. ACM. 10.1145/1830483.1830505
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J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux, B. Girard (2010). Importing the Computational Neuroscience Toolbox into Neuro-Evolution---Application to Basal Ganglia.
Proc. of GECCO 587-594. ACM. 10.1145/1830483.1830592
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S. Doncieux, J.-B Mouret (2010). Behavioral diversity measures for Evolutionary Robotics.
12th IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC'10) 1303-1310. IEEE. 10.1109/CEC.2010.5586100WCCI
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J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux (2010). Sferes$_v2$: Evolvin' in the Multi-Core World.
12th IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC'2010) 1-8. 10.1109/CEC.2010.5586158
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A. Terekhov, J.-B Mouret, C. Grand (2010). Stochastic optimization of a neural network-based controller for aggressive maneuvers on loose surfaces.
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 4782-4787. IEEE. 10.1109/IROS.2010.5651397
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2009

J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux (2009). Overcoming the bootstrap problem in evolutionary robotics using behavioral diversity.
11th IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC'09) 1161--1168. IEEE. 10.1109/CEC.2009.4983077
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S. Koos, J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux (2009). Automatic system identification based on coevolution of models and tests.
11th IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC'09) 560--567. IEEE. 10.1109/CEC.2009.4982995
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J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux (2009). Using Behavioral Exploration Objectives to Solve Deceptive Problems in Neuro-evolution.
Proc. of GECCO 627--634. ACM. 10.1145/1569901.1569988
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J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux (2009). Evolving modular neural-networks through exaptation.
11th Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC'09) (Best Student Paper) 1570--1577. IEEE. 10.1109/CEC.2009.4983129
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P. Tonelli, J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux (2009). Influence of Promoter Length on Network Convergence in GRN-based Evolutionary Algorithms.
Proc. of The 10th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL) 302-309. Springer. 10.1007/978-3-642-21314-4_38
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2008

J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux (2008). Incremental Evolution of Animats' Behaviors as a Multi-objective Optimization.
From Animals to Animats 10 210-219. 10.1007/978-3-540-69134-1_21
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C. Grand, P. Martinelli, J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux (2008). Flapping-Wing Mechanism for a bird-Sized UAVS: Design, Modeling and Control.
Proc. of ARK'08 : the 11th International Symposium of Advances in robot kinematics 127-136. Springer. 10.1007/978-1-4020-8600-7_14
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2006

J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux, J.-A Meyer (2006). Incremental Evolution of Target-Following Neuro-controllers for Flapping-Wing Animats.
From Animals to Animats: Proc. of the 9th International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB) 606--618. 10.1007/11840541_50
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Workshops, book chapters, and minimally reviewed conferences


2024

J.-B Mouret (2024). Large language models help computer programs to evolve.
Nature. 625. (7995) 452-453. Nature Publishing Group. 10.1038/d41586-023-03998-0
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2021

E. Dalin, I. Bergonzani, T. Anne, S. Ivaldi, J.-B Mouret (2021). Whole-body teleoperation of the Talos humanoid robot: preliminary results.
ICRA 2021 - 5th Workshop on Teleoperation of Dynamic Legged Robots in Real Scenarios
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E. D'Elia, J.-B Mouret, J. Kober, S. Ivaldi (2021). Learning task controllers on a humanoid robot using multi-objective optimization.

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K. Chatzilygeroudis, A. Cully, V. Vassiliades, J.-B Mouret (2021). Quality-Diversity Optimization: a novel branch of stochastic optimization.
Black Box Optimization, Machine Learning, and No-Free Lunch Theorems 109--135. Springer.[url]

2019

E. Dalin, P. Desreumaux, J.-B Mouret (2019). Learning and adapting quadruped gaits with the" Intelligent Trial & Error" algorithm.
ICRA workshop on ``Learning Legged Locomotion''

2017

J.-B Mouret, K. Chatzilygeroudis (2017). 20 Years of Reality Gap: a few Thoughts about Simulators in Evolutionary Robotics.
Proc. of GECCO 10.1145/3067695.3082052
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V. Vassiliades, K. Chatzilygeroudis, J.-B Mouret (2017). A comparison of illumination algorithms in unbounded spaces.
Proc. of GECCO Proceedings of The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion 2017..
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V. Vassiliades, K. Chatzilygeroudis, J.-B Mouret (2017). Comparing multimodal optimization and illumination.
Proc. of GECCO
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2016

K. Chatzilygeroudis, A. Cully, J.-B Mouret (2016). Towards semi-episodic learning for robot damage recovery.
Workshop on AI for Long-Term Autonomy at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
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J.-B Mouret (2016). Micro-Data Learning: The Other End of the Spectrum.
ERCIM News. (107) 2. ERCIM.
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V. Papaspyros, K. Chatzilygeroudis, V. Vassiliades, J.-B Mouret (2016). Safety-Aware Robot Damage Recovery Using Constrained Bayesian Optimization and Simulated Priors.
Bayesian Optimization: Black-box Optimization and Beyond (workshop at NIPS)
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2014

J.-B Mouret, P. Tonelli (2014). Artificial Evolution of Plastic Neural Networks: a few Key Concepts.
Growing Adaptive Machines: combining Development and Learning in Artificial Neural Networks 557. 251-261. Studies in Computational Intelligence (Springer).
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2012

J.-B Mouret, J. Clune (2012). An Algorithm to Create Phenotype-Fitness Maps.
Proc. of the Thirteenth International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems (ALIFE 13) 593-594 (extended abstract).
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J.-B Mouret, S. Koos, S. Doncieux (2012). Crossing the Reality Gap: a Short Introduction to the Transferability Approach.
Proc. of the workshop ``Evolution in Physical Systems''
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2011

S. Doncieux, N. Bredeche, J.-B Mouret (2011). New Horizons in Evolutionary Robotics: Extended Contributions from the 2009 EvoDeRob Workshop.
Springer.[url]

S. Doncieux, J.-B Mouret, N. Bredeche, V. Padois (2011). Evolutionary Robotics: Exploring New Horizons.
New Horizons in Evolutionary Robotics: Extended Contributions from the 2009 EvoDeRob Workshop 3-25. Springer.
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J.-B Mouret (2011). Novelty-based Multiobjectivization.
New Horizons in Evolutionary Robotics: Extended Contributions from the 2009 EvoDeRob Workshop 139--154. Springer.
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S. Doncieux, J.-B Mouret, T. Pinville, P. Tonelli, B. Girard (2011). The EvoNeuro Approach to Neuro-Evolution.
Workshop on Development and Learning in Artificial Neural Networks (DevLeANN)
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2007

E. de Margerie, J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux, J.-A Meyer, T. Ravasi, P. Martinelli, C. Grand (2007). Flapping-wing flight in bird-sized UAVs for the ROBUR project: from an evolutionary optimization to a real flapping-wing mechanism.
7th European Micro Air Vehicle Conference (MAV07) 1-9.
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S. Doncieux, J.-B Mouret, J.-A Meyer (2007). Soaring behaviors in UAVs : 'animat' design methodology and current results.
7th European Micro Air Vehicle Conference (MAV07) 1-10.
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P. Adigbli, C. Grand, J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux (2007). Nonlinear Attitude and Position Control of a Micro Quadrotor using Sliding Mode and Backstepping Techniques.
7th European Micro Air Vehicle Conference (MAV07) 1-9.
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2006

S. Doncieux, J.-B Mouret, A. Angeli, R. Barate, J.-A Meyer, E. de Margerie (2006). Building an Artificial Bird: Goals and Accomplishments of the ROBUR Project.
Proc. of the European Micro Aerial Vehicles (EMAV 2006) conference 1-12.
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2004

S. Doncieux, J.-B Mouret, L. Muratet, J.-A Meyer (2004). The ROBUR project: towards an autonomous flapping-wing animat.
Proc. of the Journées MicroDrones 1-9.
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J.-B Mouret, S. Doncieux, L. Muratet, T. Druot, J.-A Meyer (2004). Evolution of neuro-controllers for flapping-wing animats.
Proc. of the Journées MicroDrones 1-14.
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General audience


2016

J.-B Mouret, A. Cully (2016). Des robots qui s’adaptent aux dommages en seulement quelques minutes.
Interstices. INRIA.[url]

2015

Mouret, J.-B. and N. Bredeche and Doncieux (2015). La robotique évolutionniste.
Dossiers Pour La Science. (87) 32-38.

2005

J.-B Mouret (2005). Concepts fondamentaux des algorithmes évolutionnistes.
Linux Magazine France. 34--41.
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J.-B Mouret (2005). Algorithmes évolutionnistes, deuxième partie : évolution artificielle de créatures.
Linux Magazine France. 42--49.
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