The objective of my research described in this dissertation is to realize learning and evolutionary methods for multiagent systems. This dissertation mainly consists of four parts. We propose a method that acquires the purposive behaviors based on the estimation of the state vectors in Chapter 3. In order to acquire the cooperative behaviors in multiagent environments, each learning robot estimates the Local Prediction Model (hereafter LPM) between the learner and the other objects separately. The LPM estimate the local interaction while reinforcement learning copes with the global interaction between multiple LPMs and the given tasks. Based on the LPMs which satisfies the Markovian environment assumption as possible, robots learn the desired behaviors using reinforcement learning. We also propose a learning schedule in order to make learning stable especially in the early stage of multiagent systems. Chapter 4 discusses how an agent can develop its behavior according to the complexity of the interactions with its environment. A method for controlling the complexity is

Abstract In this paper, we show how reinforcement learning can be applied to real robots to achieve optimal robot behavior. As example, we enable an autonomous soccer robot to learn intercepting a rolling ball. Main focus is on how to adapt the Q-learning algorithm to the needs of learning strategies for real robots and how to transfer strategies learned in simulation onto real robots. 1