A morphology model using shape-transformation rules defined for inner states of parts

Author

Kajita, Atushi ; Nagao, Tomoharu

Author_Institution

Imaging Sci. & Eng. Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

12-15 Oct 1997

Firstpage

2871

Abstract

This paper presents a method to describe the complicated shapes of artificial creatures and simulate their growth. In this method each virtual creature is assumed to be composed of several primitive parts such as spheres, cylinders, and its growth from a single part is described. At any step of the growth of the virtual creature, each part has its own “current inner state” which is changed repeatedly by pre-defined transformation rules. The transformation rules are classified into three categories: division, stretch and growth. By applying these transformation rules to the initial single part repeatedly, complicated shapes like animals are generated. In this paper, the basic scheme of the proposed method is described and several generated shapes are demonstrated

Keywords

artificial intelligence; computer graphics; genetic algorithms; mathematical morphology; simulation; artificial life; evolution; genetic algorithm; growth; inner states; morphology model; shape-transformation rules; virtual creature; Animal structures; Computer graphics; Decoding; Engine cylinders; Evolution (biology); Laboratories; Morphology; Production; Shape; Tree graphs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1997. Computational Cybernetics and Simulation., 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4053-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1997.635430

Filename

635430