Teaching the evolution of behavior with SuperDuperWalker

Authors:
Lee Spector;Jon Klein;Kyle Harrington;Raymond Coppinger
Affiliations:
Cognitive Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA;Cognitive Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA and Physical Resource Theory, Chalmers U. of Tech. and Göteborg U., Göteborg, Sweden;Cognitive Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA;Cognitive Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2005 conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education: Supporting Learning through Intelligent and Socially Informed Technology
Year:
2005

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Abstract

SuperDuperWalker is a software-based framework for experiments on the evolution of locomotion. It simulates the behavior of evolving agents in a 3D physical simulation environment and displays this behavior graphically in real time. A genetic algorithm controls the evolution of the agents. Students manipulate parameters with a graphical user interface and plot outputs using standard utilities. The software supports an inquiry cycle that has been piloted in CS193T: Biocomputational Developmental Ecology at Hampshire College.