Evolutionary robotics: for robust robots, let them be babies first | KurzweilAI - 0 views
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thinkahol * on 23 Jan 11In a first-of-its-kind experiment, University of Vermont roboticist Josh Bongard created both simulated and actual robots that, like tadpoles becoming frogs, change their body forms while learning how to walk. over generations, his simulated robots also evolved, spending less time in "infant" tadpole-like forms and more time in "adult" four-legged forms.