CS 285: SOLID MODELING

Lecture #15 -- Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011

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Self-Test Related to Today's Paper:

  1. What is the basic internal representation of these critters ?
  2. How is their fitness evaluated ?
  3. What genetic operations are possible to form the next generation of  phenotypes ?
  4. What is the most interesting (useful, beautiful) novel result obtained from this evolutionary process ?

For what kinds of design tasks are genetic algorithms the most appropriate solution ?




Paper Presentation by:  Jonathan Ko

VC94:  Karl Sims: "Evolving Virtual Creatures"



Additional comments about: GeneticAlgorithms and Design Optimization


Future Paper Presentations . . .

Prepare for a presentation lasting about 20 minutes -- if there were no interruptions or questions.

Update on Assignment #7 : Puzzle Design:

  

Make some written suggestions for your Final Course Projects . . .

Projects can be done solo or in pairs.
Please e-mail me two or more (realistic) ideas before 2pm Monday, 10/24/2011.

Some more ideas that came to my mind recently:
-- Wrap a maze around a cylinder that fits snuggly into a thick (2") plastic or glass tube, so that it can contain a rolling ball.
-- Make a 4-way Yin-Yang partition of a sphere into 4 identical pieces (tetrahedral symmetry).
-- Create knot-spanning surface models: Create a minimal surface in a closed 3D space path; thicken with offset surfaces; build on FDM.
-- Create a deformable ring sculpture from about 8-12 modular parts: Inspired by Naef's Ellipso or Caterpillar.
-- Build some gadget with some electronics inside: E.g.: - Puzzles with blinking LED's; - Add-on functionality to a computer-mouse;
      - A warning device that beeps if you get too far away from your wallet or purse ...

New Assignment#8 :  Getting Ideas into the Computer

Due: Monday, 10/24/2011:  2 pm

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