Steve Grand (roboticist)
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox person Steve Grand OBE (born 12 February 1958) is a British computer scientist and roboticist.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Grand's project from 2001 to 2006 was the building of an artificial robot baby orangutan, with the intention of having it learn as a human baby would.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> This is documented in his book Growing up with Lucy.
Projects
- Creatures
One of the best known projects created by Steve Grand is Creatures, an artificial life simulation, which his company Cyberlife Technology released in the 1996. It was the first in a series of games.
- Lucy, the Android
His project from 2001 to 2005 was Lucy, a mechanical baby orangutan. Lucy was an attempt at simulating the mind of a human baby.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Sim-biosis
Grand worked on Sim-biosis, a computer simulation game in which complete artificial creatures could be built from functional, structural units.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> It is available on SourceForge under the name Simergy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 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".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In September 2024, the project was renamed to Phantasia, and the progress updates were made public.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Bibliography
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- Creation: Life and How to Make It (2001) Template:ISBN
- Growing Up with Lucy (2004) Template:ISBN
- What is the Secret of Consciousness? (2014) TEDx Oporto presentation
References
External links
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- Transcript of Steve's keynote speech, "Machines Like Us," given at the Applied Knowledge Research Institute's 2002 Biennial Seminar
- Steve Grand at MobyGames
- Steve Grand at the Creatures Wiki
- Feature article on Steve Grand's anthropoid orangutan, Lucy
- Steve Grand quotes
- Steve Grand's discussion with Johnjoe McFadden
- Cyberlife Research Limited
- Steve Grand's Machines Like Us interview
- Grandroids: Real artificial life on your PC a project by Steve Grand