A system for designing and training intelligent soft robots
“Evolution Gym” is a large-scale benchmark for co-optimizing the design and control of soft robots that takes inspiration from nature and evolutionary processes.
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Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS)
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Provost Martin Schmidt named president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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