?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Evolving+robust+and+specialized+car+racing+skills&rft.creator=Togelius%2C+Julian&rft.creator=Lucas%2C+Simon+M.&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=Neural+network-based+controllers+are+evolved+for+racing+simulated+R%2FC+cars+around+several+tracks+of+varying+difficulty.+The+transferability+of+driving+skills+acquired+when+evolving+for+a+single+track+is+evaluated%2C+and+different+ways+of+evolving+controllers+able+to+perform+well+on+many+different+tracks+are+investigated.+It+is+further+shown+that+such+generally+proficient+controllers+can+reliably+be+developed+into+specialized+controllers+for+individual+tracks.+Evolution+of+sensor+parameters+together+with+network+weights+is+shown+to+lead+to+higher+final+fitness%2C+but+only+if+turned+on+after+a+general+controller+is+developed%2C+otherwise+it+hinders+evolution.+It+is+argued+that+simulated+car+racing+is+a+scalable+and+relevant+testbed+for+evolutionary+robotics+research%2C+and+that+the+results+of+this+research+can+be+useful+for+commercial+computer+games.&rft.publisher=IEEE+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5219%2F1%2FTogelius2006Evolving.pdf&rft.identifier=++Togelius%2C+Julian+and+Lucas%2C+Simon+M.++(2006)+Evolving+robust+and+specialized+car+racing+skills.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5219%2F