Evolving amorphous robots

Artificial Life XII: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, ALIFE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 717-724

  Hiller, Jonathan D ^a   Lipson, Hod ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION MATERIALS; AMORPHOUS MORPHOLOGY; AS-LINKS; EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS; EVOLVABLE; FREEFORM SHAPES; FREEFORMS; GRAVITY FORCES; GROUND FRICTION; LEVEL SETS; MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION; MULTI MATERIALS; MULTIPLE MATERIALS; RELAXATION ALGORITHM; SOFT-BODIES; VOLUMETRIC EXPANSION;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; ROBOTS;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84864653964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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