ALife Engine

ALIFE Engine™ is a dynamics generation engine equipped with ALIFE technology for expressing life. At the University of Tokyo, the Ikegami Takashi Laboratory developed prototypes of modules that express lifelike movements in Alter 1 and Alter 2. In the development of Alter 3, these modules were modularized, and new functions were added to install them not only in androids but also in other systems, such as products and services. A module equipped with a mechanism that autonomously amplifies and attenuates transmission signals and structures them based on the firing order and interactions of nodes in a neural network using STDP (Spike-timing-dependent synaptic plasticity) was developed. When neural networks are applied to finger movements, the patterns and behaviors of each finger gradually develop according to the finger movements. With the appropriate design of input-output relationships, the technology can be applied not only to android movements but also, for example, to realistic light fluctuations, sound fluctuations, or various types of responses.