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Subject:	Evolutionary programming to build LEGO bridge
Newsgroups:	lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Sun, 3 Oct 1999 04:21:05 GMT
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I saw this on Slashdot today. Seems some folks calling themselves the "Dynamical & Evolutionary Machine Organization", and funded partially by the Office of naval Research, are using Lego bricks and evolutionary programming to determine optimal bridge structures. Here's their page: http://www.demo.cs.brandeis.edu/pr/buildable/bridge/ It doesn't appear that Mindstorms is part of the project, though I haven't read the whole thing...the site's pretty slow. Slashdot effect, I guess. :-/ Also in the project pool is a crane structure, a tree, and a table all built with Lego bricks. Cheers, - jsproat

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		Re: Evolutionary programming to build LEGO bridge
Jeremy: (...) Since they just use evolutionary programming to _design_ constructions, I doubt that they would ever need Mindstorms. Their claims about the lightness of the table[1] is most dubious. Alone the fact that it isn't symmetric. And just (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

		Re: Evolutionary programming to build LEGO bridge
This is what I was talking about last week. Glad you found it. The bridge animation appears to move in non-whole stud increments which is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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