::Publications::

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Research Publications

Michael P Blow, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Andrew Appleby, Chrystopher Nehaniv, David Lee (2006) Perception of Robot Smiles and Dimensions for Human-Robot Interaction Design. Proc. The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN06). » download

Michael P Blow, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Andrew Appleby, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, David Lee, The Art of Designing Robot Faces - Dimensions for Human-Robot Interaction, Proc. AMC/IEEE HRI06, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2006, pp. 331 - 332. » download

Michael P Blow, Stigmergy: Biologically-inspired Robotic Art, Proc. AISB 2005, Hatfield, UK 2005 » download

Michael P Blow, There Does Not, in Fact, Appear to Be a Plan: A Collaborative Experiment in Creative Robotics, Proc. AISB 2005, Hatfield, UK 2005 » download
MSc in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems

MSc. Thesis: "Why do Ants Use Trails? Evolving Foraging Behaviour in Simulation and Real Life."» download
MSc. Artificial Life paper: "Evolutionary Robotics Simulation using a CTRNN."» download
MSc. Animal and Machine Intelligence paper: "When is many better than one? An examination of co-operative and social animal behaviour and the pros and cons of collective robotics."» download
MSc. Adaptive Systems paper: "Swapping Evolved Behaviours in a Subsumption Architecture Robot."» download
MSc. Creative Artificial Intelligence paper: "An Investigation into Aesthetic Preference using Generative Art."» download
MSc. Visual Perception and Cognition paper: "The Unfulfilled Potential of Sensory Substitution."» download
MSc. Formal Computational Skills paper: "An Investigation into a CTRNN Node." » link removed
MSc. Programming Techniques paper: "Spell Checker."» download
MSc. Neural Networks paper: "House Price Prediction using a Multilayer Perceptron."» download