Maybe relevant?(or at least neat) Using the system and feedback from the system to evolve/adapt more quickly
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How to Grow a Robot
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ideas-innovations/Beware-Scientists-are-Creating-Machines-That-Can-Evolve-on-Their-Own-231145101.html Bongard has found that he can evolve a contraption that walks upright in just 100 generations. By contrast, a contraption that starts with legs already formed takes 250 generations. “It makes sense to stay close to the ground when you’re young,” he says, “and only gradually grow legs and stand upright, which makes you more unstable.”
Maybe relevant?(or at least neat) Using the system and feedback from the system to evolve/adapt more quickly
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How to Grow a Robot
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ideas-innovations/Beware-Scientists-are-Creating-Machines-That-Can-Evolve-on-Their-Own-231145101.html
Bongard has found that he can evolve a contraption that walks upright in just 100 generations. By contrast, a contraption that starts with legs already formed takes 250 generations. “It makes sense to stay close to the ground when you’re young,” he says, “and only gradually grow legs and stand upright, which makes you more unstable.”