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Darwin's devices : what evolving robots can teach us about the history of life and the future of technology /

Why using natural selection to design robots is revolutionizing our understanding of life.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Long, John, 1964 January 12-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2012.
Subjects:
Evolutionary robotics.
Evolution (Biology) > Simulation methods.
Technological forecasting.
Technology > Forecasting.
Engineering.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Why robots?
  • The game of life
  • Engineering evolvabots
  • Tadros play the game of life
  • The life of the embodied mind
  • Predator, prey, and vertebrae
  • Evolutionary trekkers
  • So long, and thanks for all the robotic fish.