Papers
10
Total Citations
579
H-Index
7
About
Sara Mitri is a leading researcher at the intersection of evolutionary biology and robotics, whose work has fundamentally advanced our understanding of how communication and social behaviour emerge and evolve. Her major contributions lie in using autonomous robots as experimental models to test evolutionary theories, particularly the conditions under which reliable communication, altruism, and information sharing arise among agents with conflicting interests. Her landmark 2007 paper, "Evolutionary Conditions for the Emergence of Communication in Robots" (254 citations), established a foundational framework for this approach. She further demonstrated how genetic relatedness influences signal reliability (2010, 62 citations) and how information suppression evolves in competitive contexts (2009, 79 citations). Her influential 2012 review, "Using robots to understand social behaviour" (114 citations), has become a key reference for researchers in both fields. Mitri also contributed to the development of the e-puck robot platform, a widely used tool in evolutionary robotics. Her work uniquely bridges theoretical biology and experimental robotics, providing unprecedented insights into the fundamental mechanisms driving social evolution.
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Top Papers
- 1Evolutionary Conditions for the Emergence of Communication in Robots254 citations · 2007
- 2Using robots to understand social behaviour114 citations · 2012
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- 4Relatedness influences signal reliability in evolving robots62 citations · 2010
- 5Evolution of Altruistic Robots37 citations · 2008
- 6Fast Color-Independent Ball Detection for Mobile Robots14 citations · 2004
- 7Evolutionary Conditions for the Emergence of Communication8 citations · 2009
- 8E-puck5 citations · 2009
- 9CO-EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOUR IN AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS3 citations · 2006
- 10E-puck - A Robotic Platform for Studying the Evolution of Communication.3 citations · 2010