> I've been thinking about this some more, and it got me wondering as to
> whether anybody has played around with genetic algorithms for the
> automated generation of PIC code to solve some simple task (say maze
> solving or pattern recognition)?
>
> Evolving an insect-level robot control program (I hesitate to say
> "brain") over millions of generations using a distributed network of
> faster than real time simulators, and then downloading the resulting
> program to a real robot strikes me as a very interesting project.
I'm afraid I can't find the website now (maybe someone else can point you
towards it), but I seem to remember seeing a description of a population of
insect-like robots powered by PICs that someone had built. Their programs
were the result of some sort of genetic algorithm, but I have a feeling it
operated at a higher level - more function-level evolution rather than
instruction-level.

Jonny

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