Very cool. What was the form of the robot's genome. How was the articulation of the legs encoded. Also locomotion relies heavily on timing. Was the movements of the legs somehow coupled together. Did one influence another or was there like some type of internal clock?
@2bornot2b1984 It does random stuff, then evaluates how well it did each time it does a random thing (using a sensor that sensed how far it walked). Over time it remembers the good random stuff it did and tries to start from there, and make changes to that method, to improve that method again and again.
I understand this. But is the machine is given an instruction set that defines "good". I have to assume the designer of the machine provided these instructions.
The end?!?! D: Where is generation 2,000???
lzrd0113 9 months ago
@lzrd0113 agreed, lol, after 30 generations still horribly inefficient, not a very good advertisement for genetic algorithms :P
theguyi26 7 months ago
Very cool. What was the form of the robot's genome. How was the articulation of the legs encoded. Also locomotion relies heavily on timing. Was the movements of the legs somehow coupled together. Did one influence another or was there like some type of internal clock?
shaggyman87 2 years ago
Does the robot have instructions to TRY to move forward?
2bornot2b1984 2 years ago
@2bornot2b1984 It has instructions to do whatever it takes to move the fastest...
lzrd0113 9 months ago
@2bornot2b1984 It does random stuff, then evaluates how well it did each time it does a random thing (using a sensor that sensed how far it walked). Over time it remembers the good random stuff it did and tries to start from there, and make changes to that method, to improve that method again and again.
theguyi26 7 months ago
@theguyi26 "it remembers the good random stuff"
I understand this. But is the machine is given an instruction set that defines "good". I have to assume the designer of the machine provided these instructions.
2bornot2b1984 6 months ago