Evofabber: Evolutionary Fabrication
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The successful construction of evolved object designs is challenging. Physics simulators are a means to replicate the real world virtually, but phenomena such as the fabrication gap prevent certain optimized blue prints from being constructed in the real world. To circumvent this problem, we propose removing the virtual aspect from object design optimization and evolve objects solely in the physical world. To accomplish this, we introduce Evofabber, a fully embodied evolutionary fabricator, which evolves objects instead of virtual designs.
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