The GOLEM project for artificial life
This is an interesting project by two american professors in Artificial Intelligence AI. As I understand it they've made a lifelike robotic system (computer program?) that designs robots by itself. I'm not sure though whether the designs that are made in the program also are produced in real life. The images show both computer 3d models but also some real 3d models. There also seems to be a downloadable screensaver program you can run on your own computer that have this AI intelligence and that designs these robots while you're inactive on your computer. It also said that this program can communicate with other Golem Project screensavers and exchange structures.
"In the Golem project (Genetically Organized Lifelike Electro Mechanics) we conducted a set of experiments in which simple electro-mechanical systems evolved from scratch to yield physical locomoting machines. Like biological lifeforms whose structure and function exploit the behaviors afforded by their own chemical and mechanical medium, our evolved creatures take advantage of the nature of their own medium - thermoplastic, motors, and artificial neurons. We thus achieve autonomy of design and construction using evolution in a limited universe physical simulation, coupled to off-the-shelf rapid manufacturing technology. This is the first time robots have been robotically designed and robotically fabricated. "
These are the guys behind it.
Jordan Pollack and Hod Lipson
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