After years of hard work, I have completed my Master's research and thesis in Evolutionary Robotics. This body of work spanned the disciplines of electrical engineering, software engineering, and some mechanical engineering (I designed several custom parts that were manufactured in our machine shop). Using these skills, I applied the scientific method to perform an extensive series of experiments and analysis of the resulting data. This research is formally presented in my thesis "Simulation-Based Evolution of Neural Controllers for Embodied Autonomous Agents", and received the Appalachian State University 2007-2008 Outstanding Thesis - Science and Technology Award and the Sigma Xi Appalachian State University 2007-2008 Graduate Student Research Award.
Anyone interested in the specific details of the research may read my thesis by downloading it from the publications folder in the downloads section of my website (PDF link). The document covers the robotic systems developed, the evolutionary strategies employed, and the experiments, results, and analysis that were conducted.