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Evolutionary Fabrication: An Autonomous System Of Invention, Tim Kuehn
Evolutionary Fabrication: An Autonomous System Of Invention, Tim Kuehn
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Evolutionary algorithms have had success in designing complex objects, ranging from antennae used in NASA's Space Technology 5 mission to astronomical telescope lenses. However, evolutionary design is limited by the ability of a simulation to accurately represent the physical world. Addition-ally, evolved designs may be well described, but they carry no set of speci˝c instructions describing how to physically create such a design. Evolutionary Fabrication (EvoFab) recti˝es this: EvoFab is a machine built upon a process that can, in principle, automatically invent and build anything, from soft robots to new toys, by evolving the process, not the product. We have …