Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Animal Simulation and Anatomy

Overview

This work represents an informal collaboration between myself and Dr. William Sellers of the Animal Simulation Laboratory at the University of Manchester. The most mature work has been in the use of genetic algorithms to create models of human and animal locomotion. We also ran a student group project to simulate foraging behaviour in an agent-based style. Currently we are investigating the use of semantic web ontologies within archeology and the possibilities offered by combining genetic algorithms and computational steering in creating simulators for locomotion.

People

• Louise Dennis
• William Sellers

Publications

• W. I. Sellers, L. A. Dennis, W.-J. Wang and R. H. Crompton, Evaluating alternative gait strategies using evolutionary robotics, Journal of Anatomy, 204, pp. 343-351, 2004. BibTex
• W. I. Sellers, L. A. Dennis and R. H. Crompton, Predicting the metabolic energy costs of bipedalism using evolutionary robotics, Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, 1127-1136, 2003. BibTex

Code

• Java code for simulating foraging behaviour produced by a second year group project at the University of Nottingham. Bizarrely make appears to both build and run the code. Unfortunately there is no documentation.

Links

• Animal Simulation Laboratory
• Early Hominid Locomotion
• Human Locomotion