Robot Madeleine
I do a mean pleiosaur
11/06/2021
We can learn about how animals evolve by digitally simulating robots that have bioinpsired genomes, developmental processes, and movements. We call this approach Embodied Computational Evolution. Check out our new open access paper!
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2021.674823/full?&utm_source=Email_to_authors_&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=T1_11.5e1_author&utm_campaign=Email_publication&field=&journalName=Frontiers_in_Robotics_and_AI&id=674823
Embodied Computational Evolution: Feedback Between Development and Evolution in Simulated Biorobots Given that selection removes genetic variance from evolving populations, thereby reducing exploration opportunities, it is important to find mechanisms that create genetic variation without the disruption of adapted genes and genomes caused by random mutation. Just such an alternative is offered by....
20/05/2021
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10,000 views! Congratulations to the great group of Vassar College undergraduates who worked for several years to evolve physical robots! Sonia Roberts, Jonathan Hirokawa, Hannah Rosenblum, Hassan Sakhtah, and Andres Gutierrez. Check out their 2014 paper in Frontiers in Robotics and AI: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2014.00012/full