Darwin's devices : what evolving robots can teach us about the history of life and the future of technology / John Long.
By: Long, John
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TextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, 2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 273 p. cm.ISBN: 9780465021413 (hardback); 0465021417 (hardback); 9780465029280 (e-book); 0465029280 (e-book).Subject(s): Evolutionary robotics | Evolution (Biology) -- Simulation methods | Technological forecastingDDC classification: 629.8/92 Other classification: SCI000000 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 629.892 L852 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003138633 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Covers biorobots--how they came to be, and what they can teach us about the biology of living and extinct species.
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