Re: [Darwin2k-users] Physics simulator: collisions?

[Christopher L. <ch...@MI...>]

On Thu, 2001-09-20 at 14:57, Martin C. Martin wrote:
> So for my postdoc at MIT I'll be co-evolving bodies and brains, think
> Karl Simms.  I'm looking at what physics engine to use, and noticed that
> Darwin2k rolled it's own.  Does it handle collisiions?  Could you use it
> to do a robotically realistic version of Karl Simms stuff, where robots
> learn to locomote across an infinate plane?

Hey Martin --

Your project sounds cool.  I think Chris Leger's dynamics engine is very
good, and it certainly handles collisions.  I haven't seen Karl Simms
stuff, but I think D2K would do fine for what you are talking about.
I'm building a number of simulations using this code right now.  The
learning curve is somewhat steep, but the documentation is very good.  I
can help you get set-up and show you what I've been working on here.

-Chris

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