Steve Grand
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.
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[edit] Projects
[edit] Creatures
One of the best known projects created by Steve Grand is Creatures, an Artificial Life simulation, which his company Cyberlife released in 1996.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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]
[edit] Bibliography
- Creation: Life and how to make it (2001) ISBN 0-7538-1277-0
- Growing up with Lucy (2004) ISBN 0-297-60733-2
[edit] References
- ^ Daniel, Dr (2006-01-09). "Science seen under the right conditions". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/4596662.stm. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
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- ^ "SCI/TECH | Robots get busy". BBC News. 27 December 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1083257.stm. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ "Radio 4 - The Material World 07/04/2005". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld_20050929.shtml. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ Dermody, Nick (2004-03-18). "UK | Wales | A Grand plan for brainy robots". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/3521852.stm. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ February 28, 2011 (2011-02-28). "Blowing my own trumpet « Steve Grand's Blog". Stevegrand.wordpress.com. http://stevegrand.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/blowing-my-own-trumpet/. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
[edit] 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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