Front-Heavy Jumper - Evolved Virtual Creature

This creature is from a population evolved to traverse the rough terrain shown in the video.

Processing time for the evolution was kindly donated on the PC of Dr. Chris Hebbern.

Want to evolve unique creatures of your own? Visit the project web site at:
http://www.stellaralchemy.com/lee/virtual_creatures.html

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• 3D
• virtual
• creature
• evolution
• genetic
• algorithm

[ross817]

We should have a competition to see who can grow the best creature.

[kjlg74]

@ross817 Great idea :)

In fact, once I get the one-on-one sumo-wrestling co-evolution feature written (one of these days!) I'll be able to record videos of creatures submitted by different people battling it out against each other. Plus, I'd have an objective way of declaring who the reigning champ is at any one time.

[newcoleco]

This evolution simply amaze me. It started as a very little creature then became big very quickly.

I have a question. Is it possible to have some details like knowing the best fit of the creatures you show now? I would like to compare with the creatures already evolved on my computer.

[kjlg74]

I really like this creature as well. From the side it almost looks like a cat, or some sort of mammal at least (headless, but still..)

To find the fitness of each creature I'd have to check the .creature files. For this one it's 58.3839. That's using the "travel" fitness function from the experiment_1.evolution and experiment_2.evolution that I've been distributing.

[kjlg74]

Actually, if you see a creature on the "zoo" page (see the project web page) and the "C" link is there to download the creature file, you can see the fitness in there. Open it with notepad and check the first two numbers. The first number is a sum from several fitness measurements. The second number is the number of measurements (usually = 1). So divide the first by the second.

The fitness will depend on the fitness function being used, but most of the creatures in the zoo use the same one.

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

TRIPOD O.O

NICE! ^_^