Evolution in Action: Soft Robots!
A team from Cornell's Creative Machines Lab have been researching simulations of evolutionary robots, and as a result, have come up with an entertaining video of what they've discovered so far. According to the project's website, the work was inspired by developmental biology, to use evolutionary algorithms as a tool to develop locomotion.The following description of the video was quoted from Jeff Clune's YouTube site:
"Here we evolve the bodies of soft robots made of multiple materials (muscle, bone, & support tissue) to move quickly. Evolution produces a diverse array of fun, wacky, interesting, but ultimately functional soft robots. "
Link to the paper.
Unshackling Evolution: Evolving Soft Robots with Multiple Materials and a Powerful Generative Encoding. Cheney, MacCurdy, Clune, & Lipson. Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. 2013. (pdf)"
LEAP Motion + Google Earth
Meg, from PO-MO, has a LEAP Motion developer kit. Earlier this week, LEAP Motion provided support for Google Earth integration, and asked developers to submit videos of their experiments. I like the Superwoman theme of this video!
LEAP Motion & Google Earth = Superhero Flight Simulator from PO-MO Inc. on Vimeo.
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