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Revision as of 04:21, 14 March 2011
Steve Grand OBE (born 12 February 1958) is an English computer scientist and an internationally recognised roboticist.[1] He was the creator and lead programmer of the Creatures artificial life simulation, which he discussed in his first book Creation: Life and how to make it, a finalist for the 2001 Aventis Prize for Science Books. He is also an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, which he received in 2000.[2]
Grand's project from 2001-2006 was the building of an artificial robot baby orang-utan, with the intention of having it learn as a human baby would.[3][4][5] This is documented in his book Growing up with Lucy.
Projects
Creatures
One of the best known projects created by Steve Grand is Creatures, an Artificial Life simulation, which his company Cyberlife released in 1996.
Lucy, the Android
His project from 2001-2006 was Lucy, a mechanical baby orang-utan. Lucy is an attempt at simulating the mind of a human baby.
Grandroids
In February 2011, Grand announced a new project, Grandroids, described as "real 'alien' life forms who can live in a virtual world on your computer".[6]
Bibliography
- Creation: Life and how to make it (2001) ISBN 0-7538-1277-0
- Growing up with Lucy (2004) ISBN 0-297-60733-2
References
- ^ Daniel, Dr (9 January 2006). "Science seen under the right conditions". BBC News. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
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- ^ "SCI/TECH | Robots get busy". BBC News. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ "Radio 4 - The Material World 07/04/2005". BBC. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ Dermody, Nick (18 March 2004). "UK | Wales | A Grand plan for brainy robots". BBC News. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ February 28, 2011 (28 February 2011). "Blowing my own trumpet « Steve Grand's Blog". Stevegrand.wordpress.com. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
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External links
- Steve Grand's blog
- Transcript of Steve's keynote speech, "Machines Like Us," given at the Applied Knowledge Research Institute's 2002 Biennial Seminar
- Steve Grand at the Creatures Wiki
- Feature article on Steve Grand's anthropoid orangutan, Lucy
- Steve Grand quotes
- Cyberlife Research Limited
- Steve Grand's Machines Like Us interview
- Grandroids: Real artificial life on your PC a Project by Steve Grand
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