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Avoidance Drawings Evolved Using Virtual Drawing Robots

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We introduce a generative system for “avoidance drawings”, drawings made by virtual drawing robots executing a random walk while simultaneously avoiding the paths of other robots. The random walk method is unique and is based on a curvature controlling scheme initially introduced by Chappell. We design a fitness function for evaluating avoidance drawings and an evolutionary framework for evolving them. This requires us to follow principles we elucidate for simulated evolution where the generative system is highly stochastic in nature. Examples document the evolutionary system’s efficacy and success.

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  • Random Walk
  • Fitness Landscape
  • Evolutionary Framework
  • Pseudo Random Number Generator
  • Stylize Line

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    Gary Greenfield

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    Colin Johnson

  2. University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain

    Adrian Carballal

  3. University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    João Correia

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Greenfield, G. (2015). Avoidance Drawings Evolved Using Virtual Drawing Robots. In: Johnson, C., Carballal, A., Correia, J. (eds) Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design. EvoMUSART 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9027. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16498-4_8

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