A camera obscura for ants

  • Authors:
  • Carlos M. Fernandes

  • Affiliations:
  • Technical University of Lisbon

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGEVOlution
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Pherographia is a drawing procedure that arises from an artificial life model and addresses the hypothetical relationship between photography and the so-called cognitive maps created by the model. The theme is discussed within the emergent research field called Artificial Art and recent theoretical advances that link Swarm Intelligence and cognitive sciences are also addressed. The system and its equations are given and their outcome is shown in its different forms. Finally, the drawings and other potentialities of the system as a creative tool are discussed within an image-processing framework.