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EARLY STAGES. "The number of real, physical robots with evolved bodies can be counted on the fingers of one hand: 95+% evolution of robot brains (only the controllers); 4-%: evolution of robot morphologies in simulation (co-evolution body/brain);

PHOTOPERIODS PATHWAY. "Of the floral-promotion pathways, the photoperiodic pathway is probably the best understood. Key elements include a gene named CONSTANS, or CO, which encodes a nuclear protein with two zinc fingers at the amino terminus and a conserved carboxyl-terminal domain, known as the CCT domain for the three plant proteins in which it was identified." https://lnkd.in/d_f7kfY View in LinkedIn

EVOROBOTICS. ”Evolutionary robotics is a new technique for automatic creation of autonomous robots". (Evolutionary Robotics)." "The Biology, Intelligence and Technology of Self-Organizing Machines. https://lnkd.in/eSgWwBG View in LinkedIn

EPIGENETIC SILENCING. "Once the vernalized state has been established it is stable throughout the life of the plant even if returned to warmer temperatures. It is thus mitotically stable through numerous cell divisions indicating that the repression of FLC expression is epigenetic. This epigenetic silencing of FLC is mediated by the VERNALIZATION 1 (VRN1) and VERNALIZATION 2 (VRN2) genes, which are involved in histone methylation and the formation of mitotically stable transcriptionally silent heterochromatin." https://lnkd.in/d_f7kfY View in LinkedIn

SELF-HEALING. "Evolvable hardware for robots that will inevitably involve self-healing capabilities." https://lnkd.in/ezE2q5c View in LinkedIn

EVOLVABLE HARDWARE. "We propose a number of possible directions for evolvable robot hardware, notably including the need for self-healing within complex evolved robots. We conclude the chapter by identifying three major challenges in evolvable robot hardware: when and how often to physically instantiate and fitness test, brain-body coevolution and genotype-phenotype mapping." https://lnkd.in/eMKS2fB View in LinkedIn

INCREASING FITNESS. "As predicted, with each breeding cycle the offspring evolved slightly, nudging the population incrementally closer to the computer’s pre-programmed definition of the perfect individual" as a result of computer-directed paired matings. https://lnkd.in/e5p4fXs View in LinkedIn

PAIRED MATINGS. "A computer carefully scrutinized every member of large and diverse set of candidates. Each was evaluated dispassionately, and assigned a numeric score according to a strict set of criteria. This machine’s task was to single out the best possible pairings from the group, then force the selected couples to mate so that it might extract the resulting offspring and repeat the process with the following generation." https://lnkd.in/e5p4fXs View in LinkedIn

EVOLVING BUCKETS OF BOLTS. "At the same time researchers have been working on the development of evolvable hardware, and new integrated circuits that are able to adapt their hardware autonomously and in real time in a changing environment." https://lnkd.in/datvJuv View in LinkedIn

ADAPTABLE MACHINES. "Great interest has been shown in the application of the principles of artificial life to physically embedded systems such as mobile robots, computer networks, home devices able continuously and autonomously to adapt their behavior to changes of the environments." https://lnkd.in/datvJuv View in LinkedIn