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Applications of artificial life to developing robot and softbot

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Adaptation gives rise to a kind of complexity that greatly hinders our attempts to solve some of the most important problems currently posed by our world. Recently, there has been an attempt to build a complex adaptive system which is rich in autonomy and creativity, with the ideas and methodologies of artificial life (A-life). This article presents the concepts and methodologies of A-life, and shows two typical applications based on them. These systems not only develop new functionality spontaneously, but also grow and evolve their own structure autonomously. They have been applied to controlling a mobile robot and developing adaptive agents on the world-wide web.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchondong, Sudaemoon-ku, 120-749, Scoul, Korea

    Sung-Bae Cho

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This work was presented in part at the Fifth International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, January 26–28, 2000

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Cho, SB. Applications of artificial life to developing robot and softbot. Artif Life Robotics 5, 142–147 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481460

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