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Long, John, 1964 Jan. 12-
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Evolutionary robotics.
Robotics.
Evolution (Biology) -- Simulation methods.
Evolution (Biology)
Technological forecasting.
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Long, John, 1964 Jan. 12-
Evolutionary robotics.
Robotics.
Evolution (Biology) -- Simulation methods.
Evolution (Biology)
Technological forecasting.
MARC Display
Darwin
's
devices
:
what
evolving
robots
can
teach
us
about
the
history
of
life
and the
future
of
technology
/ John Long.
by
Long, John, 1964 Jan. 12-
Basic Books, 2012.
Call #:
629.892 L848d
Subjects
Evolutionary robotics.
Robotics.
Evolution (Biology) -- Simulation methods.
Evolution (Biology)
Technological forecasting.
ISBN:
9780465021413 (hc.)
Description:
273 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-260) and index.
Contents:
Why
robots
? -- The game of
life
-- Engineering evolvabots -- Tadros play the game of
life
-- The
life
of the embodied mind -- Predator, prey, and vertebrae -- Evolutionary trekkers -- So long, and thanks for all the robotic fish.
Summary:
"
What
happens when we let
robots
play the game of
life
? The challenge of studying evolution is that the
history
of
life
is buried in the past--we
can
't witness the dramatic events that shaped the adaptations we see today. But biorobotics expert John Long has found an ingenious way to overcome this problem: he creates
robots
that look and behave like extinct animals, subjects them to evolutionary pressures, lets them compete for mates and resources, and mutates their 'genes'. In short, he lets
robots
play the game of
life
."--Provided by publisher.
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