Yellow Thing - Evolved Virtual Creature

This is from a population evolved to traverse the rough terrain shown in the video. Its performance is very unreliable, but it reaches a good distance often enough before falling over onto its, er, "back".

Computer time for this evolution was kindly donated by Rob Cattral.

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

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

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

[Solarees]

I think I had something similar in some generation!

[kjlg74]

From what I've seen, the program produces fairly different creatures every time. But, looking over all the creatures produced so far, there is one body plan that does get repeated (with variations, of course) more often than any other, and it's this worm- or snake-like shape. I guess they're easy to "discover" in the evolution and they perform fairly well. Either that or, once a population settles on this body plan, it's hard to break out of it.

[kjlg74]

You have the application? Have we been in contact by email before? Just curious - I don't recall the name "solarees". If we've never been in contact, that's fine, of course. I'm just wondering.

[Solarees]

yeah, we have been in contact "solarees" is just my youtube name.My email would be something like d4ever.

[kjlg74]

Oh yes, now I know who you are. Thanks!

[latteanka]

I have seen alot of tree like creatures too.

Strangely, tree creatures never follow a straight line.