[ODE] Naming

Tim Field nobbis at mcs.vuw.ac.nz
Sun May 4 17:13:01 2003


On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 01:02, Henri Hakl wrote:
> Hey all :)
>  
> I was wondering - is there a name for applying AI coordination to
> dynamic physical systems? (e.g. using an AI to teach a modelled
> "spider" to walk).
>  
> thanks
>   Henri

Hmmm... some would argue (those who support the dynamical systems
hypothesis) that AI _is_ that very problem.  I'm not sure what you mean
by AI coordination -- what techniques are you referring to?  If you're
just 'evolving' stuff, then I've seen the phrase "Virtual Embodied
Evolution" used in the literature (among others).



t.