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Jeff Clune

Assistant Professor Evolving Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Modern Robots:

Evolutionary Robotics

News

• Must have project approved by this Thursday!

• Time to start working on project

• HPC cluster accounts • decide if you need one

Picbreeder Eyes

News• Fun video by BostonDynamics

New Evolved Gaits Video

Midterm Presentations

• Dates: 4.01, 4.03 • signup on piazza (I’ll post soon)

• 7 minutes each • “If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today.  If you want

only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare.” - Mark Twain

• Use the projector

• Practice timing

• Practice not talking to the slides (I’ll shout “over here!”)

Novelty Search + Local Competition: Results

• Niche exploitation

videos from single run: http://eplex.cs.ucf.edu/ns/vc.html

Novelty Search + Local Competition: Results

MAP-Elites

Note: Top secret! (no slides online)

Your turn to provide feedback

• Anonymous

• I want to earn your vote for “best class ever” • please let me know how to do so