Post by thread:[OT] Genetic Algorithm Bugs (was: POR)

Coming back around to a microcontroller related topic. Not exactly Genetic Algorithms but Emergent Behavior. See: http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/genghis/ This is research from 1989. A small robot/oversized bug, that isn't programmed to walk, but has a network of sensors and actuators and a "goal" of forward movement. The bug learns to walk. It starts out flailing it's legs around but quickly develops either a 3 and 3 gait or a 2-2-2 ripple gait. I actually saw the talk on this research at AAAI-90, Boston, and it's the only time I've seen a conference presenter get a standing ovation after the demonstration. Other work by Rodney Brooks: http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/brooks/brooks.html -- Gregg Lobdell Voice: 425-234-0884 Boeing Commercial Airplane Group Fax: 425-234-5775 Seattle, WA, USA InterNet: spam_OUTgmlTakeThisOuTata.ca.boeing.com

Gregg Lobdell wrote: > >Coming back around to a microcontroller related topic. Not exactly >Genetic Algorithms but Emergent Behavior. See: > >http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/genghis/ ..... >Other work by Rodney Brooks: > >http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/brooks/brooks.html > Brooks' stuff is really neat. Insect-like robots that deal with bombs and land mines: http://www.isr.com Also, to anyone interested, I have a bunch of links to "new AI" topics, such as neural net theory and GAs, plus tiny, buglike and flying robots at: http://www.sni.net/~oricom/emerge4.htm Of special note, Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs has Neural Network, Fuzzy Logic, and Genetic Algorithm "Gateways to the World". I think all of these (NN, GA, FL) can to some extent be embedded into a PIC - for fun and profit. [Disclaimer - if you dislike anything you find on the emerge4.htm page, please post me directly - NOT the piclist. And if you "think" you may dislike anything you find there, please don't go]. best regards, - Dan Michaels Oricom Technologies ===================