Post by beauty on Mar 4, 2012 4:56:18 GMT -5
The little machine can self-design, with some of the characteristics of life
Draw on the theory of biological evolution to make the machine self-designed, with wisdom, this is a strange and difficult to predict. Paul Lai Zeer is the evolutionary hardware experts. As early as three years ago, he and University of Sussex, researcher Jon Bird one started to use the transistor through genetic algorithms to create an oscillator circuit, several new circuit can meet the requirements of the design features, they have a stable the output and a stable frequency. Which is a very strange, it relies on a line connected to the oscilloscope line computer connected. That is, it deceived its designers, it can self-design, with some of the characteristics of life.
"My reaction is both amused by and be surprised." Lai Zeer said, "It's like you see a child with a creative way to solve a common problem, you will be issued a knowing smile."
Machines can be self-evolution
Using evolution to improve the machine performance is nothing new. Has been in force since the 1960s, artificial intelligence researchers have used the theory of evolution dynamics to solve the problem of investment and finance, manufacturing, and biochemistry-related software.
However, the evolutionary process used in the field of hardware or a new thing. Thanks to the advancement of computer technology, designers can make the hardware products they design their own evolution while, in order to be able to see the results. Maybe someone will question the evolutionary direction of the circuit this hardware product. But for engineers, this test is sufficient to become the touchstone of science and technology in the 21st century.
Some people think that evolution works just a small step forward in science and technology extension. But others believe that this will become an opportunity to break the bottleneck of software and hardware innovation. Bird borrowed the concept of artificial intelligence researcher at Brown University philosopher Daniel ¡E Dennett said "I will this evolution of radio as a vivid thought experiment, it can form similar to our problem-solving mode of thought."
Useless circuits like the appendix
Jim works a specially crafted antenna manufacturers, it has started to adopt evolutionary design for military units and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration antennas are. Derek ¡E Linden of the person in charge of the company's technology will be evolutionary hardware design suddenly set off a boom attributed to the related fields of scientific and technological progress, he said: "I just started to do this trip when I simulate only a Pentium ¢¹ on the machine. Now, you can simplify the problem more easily. "
In the evolution of design, to simplify the problem means that the problem is decomposed into smaller, more single work. As the human genes can be broken down into 3 billion genome, silicon circuit and steering the antenna can be resolved to the digital structure of the pairs. These figures are structures were randomly divided into half, you can make them and the new design, or the combination and the design of the next generation. Although the results are not always satisfactory, but you can screen out those undesirable results.
Lorne recalls on camera. He and his colleagues had accidentally removed a considerable circuit, a non-functioning parts. Lorne analogy degradation of the organ. It looks like the human appendix, and have played over a period of function, but later degenerated.
Evolutionary engineering break through the traditional
The next year, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration space technology program will be the first launch of an assembly of the antenna of the satellite evolutionary programming. This antenna is manufactured in the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration Amos Research Center. The antenna looks like an ordinary paper clip. Its volume is less than one cubic inch. It has five sharp corners and the corner of an easing. The entire design took only 10 hours. It is completed by 35 Linux servers, ingredients minimal human intervention.
Amos Research Center for Evolutionary Systems Group, person in charge of Jason ¡E Lorne said: "We are only as far as possible to the input of our software at least the antenna knowledge, so that it freely it considers most appropriate antenna design." these words speaks of the difference between traditional engineering and evolutionary engineering. Traditional engineers favor a strict and detailed drawings, they just use the computer to do annoying calculations and tests. But evolutionary designers to shift the entire design process entrusted to go out to the computers and those who design products itself.
Principle is still unknown
Even if these self-evolutionary design is generated under the specified rules, to analyze their principles is a difficult thing. Bird and Lai Zeer said: We do not know how these circuits work their oscillator pilot study. The secret lies in the transistor, if not the transistors, the circuit can not be self-connected to the new line.
Lorne found that the electronic engineering community is now divided into two factions. Advocates of inquiry principle. As long as you are through the evolutionary process to achieve the expected results, do not have to figure out the ins and outs.
Another school to the contrary. They want to know exactly what happened, but unfortunately, the researchers could not do anything. Lorne more willing to stand in the former camp into, because it makes him feel relaxed. He described his antenna design for the "secret art". Which made him pull away and followed the British founder of classical electrodynamics Maxwell in the 19th century, those who step followers, the latter is more precise, textbook-style explanation favored a new phenomenon.
Of course, this does not mean that in this area will not be occasional hint of the theory found in the dawn, perhaps a newly discovered let the scientists explain the hardware self-evolution inspiration.
One other interesting thing is that researchers have made a mistake in the experiment by chance. They used inferior metal wire connected to the circuit. In this case, repair metal wire means to destroy a large number of valuable circuit, the evidence shows the circuit has been gradually adapted to the harsh environment, the evolution of the circuit do not want see Flanagan metal lines to be repaired. The evolution is very cunning, it will make use of all things entrusted to it.
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Draw on the theory of biological evolution to make the machine self-designed, with wisdom, this is a strange and difficult to predict. Paul Lai Zeer is the evolutionary hardware experts. As early as three years ago, he and University of Sussex, researcher Jon Bird one started to use the transistor through genetic algorithms to create an oscillator circuit, several new circuit can meet the requirements of the design features, they have a stable the output and a stable frequency. Which is a very strange, it relies on a line connected to the oscilloscope line computer connected. That is, it deceived its designers, it can self-design, with some of the characteristics of life.
"My reaction is both amused by and be surprised." Lai Zeer said, "It's like you see a child with a creative way to solve a common problem, you will be issued a knowing smile."
Machines can be self-evolution
Using evolution to improve the machine performance is nothing new. Has been in force since the 1960s, artificial intelligence researchers have used the theory of evolution dynamics to solve the problem of investment and finance, manufacturing, and biochemistry-related software.
However, the evolutionary process used in the field of hardware or a new thing. Thanks to the advancement of computer technology, designers can make the hardware products they design their own evolution while, in order to be able to see the results. Maybe someone will question the evolutionary direction of the circuit this hardware product. But for engineers, this test is sufficient to become the touchstone of science and technology in the 21st century.
Some people think that evolution works just a small step forward in science and technology extension. But others believe that this will become an opportunity to break the bottleneck of software and hardware innovation. Bird borrowed the concept of artificial intelligence researcher at Brown University philosopher Daniel ¡E Dennett said "I will this evolution of radio as a vivid thought experiment, it can form similar to our problem-solving mode of thought."
Useless circuits like the appendix
Jim works a specially crafted antenna manufacturers, it has started to adopt evolutionary design for military units and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration antennas are. Derek ¡E Linden of the person in charge of the company's technology will be evolutionary hardware design suddenly set off a boom attributed to the related fields of scientific and technological progress, he said: "I just started to do this trip when I simulate only a Pentium ¢¹ on the machine. Now, you can simplify the problem more easily. "
In the evolution of design, to simplify the problem means that the problem is decomposed into smaller, more single work. As the human genes can be broken down into 3 billion genome, silicon circuit and steering the antenna can be resolved to the digital structure of the pairs. These figures are structures were randomly divided into half, you can make them and the new design, or the combination and the design of the next generation. Although the results are not always satisfactory, but you can screen out those undesirable results.
Lorne recalls on camera. He and his colleagues had accidentally removed a considerable circuit, a non-functioning parts. Lorne analogy degradation of the organ. It looks like the human appendix, and have played over a period of function, but later degenerated.
Evolutionary engineering break through the traditional
The next year, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration space technology program will be the first launch of an assembly of the antenna of the satellite evolutionary programming. This antenna is manufactured in the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration Amos Research Center. The antenna looks like an ordinary paper clip. Its volume is less than one cubic inch. It has five sharp corners and the corner of an easing. The entire design took only 10 hours. It is completed by 35 Linux servers, ingredients minimal human intervention.
Amos Research Center for Evolutionary Systems Group, person in charge of Jason ¡E Lorne said: "We are only as far as possible to the input of our software at least the antenna knowledge, so that it freely it considers most appropriate antenna design." these words speaks of the difference between traditional engineering and evolutionary engineering. Traditional engineers favor a strict and detailed drawings, they just use the computer to do annoying calculations and tests. But evolutionary designers to shift the entire design process entrusted to go out to the computers and those who design products itself.
Principle is still unknown
Even if these self-evolutionary design is generated under the specified rules, to analyze their principles is a difficult thing. Bird and Lai Zeer said: We do not know how these circuits work their oscillator pilot study. The secret lies in the transistor, if not the transistors, the circuit can not be self-connected to the new line.
Lorne found that the electronic engineering community is now divided into two factions. Advocates of inquiry principle. As long as you are through the evolutionary process to achieve the expected results, do not have to figure out the ins and outs.
Another school to the contrary. They want to know exactly what happened, but unfortunately, the researchers could not do anything. Lorne more willing to stand in the former camp into, because it makes him feel relaxed. He described his antenna design for the "secret art". Which made him pull away and followed the British founder of classical electrodynamics Maxwell in the 19th century, those who step followers, the latter is more precise, textbook-style explanation favored a new phenomenon.
Of course, this does not mean that in this area will not be occasional hint of the theory found in the dawn, perhaps a newly discovered let the scientists explain the hardware self-evolution inspiration.
One other interesting thing is that researchers have made a mistake in the experiment by chance. They used inferior metal wire connected to the circuit. In this case, repair metal wire means to destroy a large number of valuable circuit, the evidence shows the circuit has been gradually adapted to the harsh environment, the evolution of the circuit do not want see Flanagan metal lines to be repaired. The evolution is very cunning, it will make use of all things entrusted to it.
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