[ODE] ODE and Alife

[Jeffrey M. Pinney]

The whole point of my project is to eventually start using GA's to 
develop a controller for a fairly complex robot. check out the page i 
have sent out before:
http://www.geocities.com/usnacrew/index.htm

right now still trying to get the simulation done. Not sure if this is 
what you are looking for but I will be starting the GA soon and I will 
post the updates on that there. Not too many joints, two universals, and 
about 4 motors per car (3 cars) . . . eventually trying to get complex 
behaviors with the GA (ladder climbing, serpentine locomotion). Like i 
said not much now but that is the point of the project and ODE is the 
physics SDK we are using. Good luck.

Jeff

John Ratcliff wrote:

>Is there anyone on the list using ODE (or any physics engine for that
>matter) to use Alife techniques to evolve complex vehicles and
>behaviors?  I've seen one simple demo that just evolves a walker, but
>I'm imagining something much more complex with many bodies and joints,
>being driven by one or multiple engines (should be feasible so long as
>the genotype can express it) and also handles a behavior system more
>complex than 'can I move'.  
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>If I had the bandwidth (and I don't right now) I would enjoy working on
>a project like this myself.  I'm envisioning evolving highly complex
>tinker-toy-esque objects composed of dozens of bodies and joints, with a
>fairly sophisticated steering mechanism.
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