Transcript Design and Organization of Autonomous Systems

Design and Organization of
Autonomous Systems
LifeForm
Nicolaas Heyning, Sjoerd Kerkstra, Liang Wang, Wouter Suren, Coen Pieterse
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Artificial life has been an interesting
field of research since the early
seventies
Interactive Art
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Building block: agent
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Building block: agent
World: grid (toroidal or flat)
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Agents have different
behaviour properties:
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Persistence
Sociability
Ignorance
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Behaviour properties can vary
in strength
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Behavioural properties
determine the behaviour of
individual agents and
behaviour between other
agents which causes complex
collective behaviour to
emerge
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Passive and active
infrared sensors are
used with a MuVium
microcontroller
Behaviour properties
can be influenced by
actions of the spectator
making it an interactive
work of art
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Demo
Extensions
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Groups of agents with their own
properties, with possible interaction
Extensions
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Groups of agents with their own
properties, with possible interaction
Predator-prey
Extensions
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Groups of agents with their own
properties, with possible interaction
Predator-prey
Conway’s game of life
Extensions
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Groups of agents with their own
properties, with possible interaction
Predator-prey
Conway’s game of life
Visual or auditorial feedback of the
viewers stimulation of the sensor
Results
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Main goal achieved
Results
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Main goal achieved
Testing of art is difficult
• Compare the average viewers time of
engagement with other works of art
Results
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Main goal achieved
Testing of art is difficult
• Compare the average viewers time of
engagement with other works of art
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The artwork will be on display from
February 3rd in the ADZA building in
Amersfoort
Questions