Automated re-invention of a previously patented optical lens system using genetic programming

Authors:
Sameer H. Al-Sakran;John R. Koza;Lee W. Jones
Affiliations:
Genetic Programming Inc., Mountain View, California;Stanford University, Stanford, California;Genetic Programming Inc., Mountain View, California
Venue:
EuroGP'05 Proceedings of the 8th European conference on Genetic Programming
Year:
2005

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Abstract

The three dozen or so known instances of human-competitive designs of antennas, mechanical systems, circuits, and controllers produced by genetic programming suggest the question of whether genetic programming can be extended to the design of complex structures from other fields. This paper describes how genetic programming can be used to automatically create a complete design for an optical lens system “from scratch”—without starting from a pre-existing good design and without pre-specifying the number of lenses, the layout of lenses, or the numerical parameters of the lenses. More particularly, genetic programming created an optical system that infringed a previous patent (the Konig patent) and improved upon another previous patent (the Tackaberry-Muller patent). The genetically evolved design is an example of a human-competitive result produced by genetic programming in the field of optical design.