Turncoat
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| Quote (midwifetoad @ May 20 2010,13:15) | | Quote | | I have a friend who is using genetic algorithms to control tethered inflated aerofoils - the kites people use for kite surfing. He is using GA's because applying conventional control theory to the task is rather difficult - the control laws are hopelessly complicated - yet a genetic algorithm is able to solve the problems fairly easily! |
Of course the UD people haven't, in the course of ten years, been able to follow the 15 lines of code needed to implement Dawkins' Weasel.
Obviously your friend worked out the parameters of his kite control system manually, and smuggled the information into the GA program. |
Bodies and motor control have coevolved.
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