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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Long, John, 1964 Jan. 12-     Subjects     Evolutionary robotics.     Robotics.     Evolution (Biology) -- Simulation methods.     Evolution (Biology)     Technological forecasting.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Long, John, 1964 Jan. 12-       by title:      Darwin's devices : w...       by call number:      629.892 L848d     Search the Web     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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 629.892 L848d Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 629.892 L848d Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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