Towards an artificial neural network-based simulator for behavioural evolution in evolutionary robotics. - Christiaan J. Pretorius; Mathys C. du Plessis; Charmain Cilliers (SAICSIT, 2009)

A Neural Network-based kinematic and light-perception simulator for simple robotic evolution. - Christiaan J. Pretorius; Mathys C. du Plessis; Charmain Cilliers (IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 2010)

Simulating Robots Without Conventional Physics: A Neural Network Approach. - Christiaan J. Pretorius; Mathys C. du Plessis; Charmain Cilliers (J. Intell. Robotic Syst., 2013)

A comparison of neural networks and physics models as motion simulators for simple robotic evolution. - Christiaan J. Pretorius; Mathys C. du Plessis; John W. Gonsalves (IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 2014)

Evolving Snake Robot Controllers Using Artificial Neural Networks as an Alternative to a Physics-Based Simulator. - Grant W. Woodford; Mathys C. du Plessis; Christiaan J. Pretorius (SSCI, 2015)

Concurrent controller and Simulator Neural Network development for a differentially-steered robot in Evolutionary Robotics. - Grant W. Woodford; Christiaan J. Pretorius; Mathys C. du Plessis (Robotics Auton. Syst., 2016)

The transferability of evolved hexapod locomotion controllers from simulation to real hardware. - Christiaan J. Pretorius; Mathys C. du Plessis; John W. Gonsalves (RCAR, 2017)

Neuroevolution of Inverted Pendulum Control: A Comparative Study of Simulation Techniques. - Christiaan J. Pretorius; Mathys C. du Plessis; John W. Gonsalves (J. Intell. Robotic Syst., 2017)

Concurrent controller and Simulator Neural Network development for a snake-like robot in Evolutionary Robotics. - Grant W. Woodford; Mathys C. du Plessis; Christiaan J. Pretorius (Robotics Auton. Syst., 2017)

Evolutionary Robotics Applied to Hexapod Locomotion: a Comparative Study of Simulation Techniques. - Christiaan J. Pretorius; Mathys C. du Plessis; John W. Gonsalves (J. Intell. Robotic Syst., 2019)

Revisiting the Use of Noise in Evolutionary Robotics. - Mathys C. du Plessis; Antin P. Phillips; Christiaan J. Pretorius (SACAIR, 2021)