SIGGRAPH '94 Proceedings of the 21st annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques
Hidden order: how adaptation builds complexity
Hidden order: how adaptation builds complexity
A classification of long-term evolutionary dynamics
ALIFE Proceedings of the sixth international conference on Artificial life
Illustrating evolutionary computation with Mathematica
Illustrating evolutionary computation with Mathematica
Adaptive populations of endogenously diversifying Pushpop organisms are reliably diverse
ICAL 2003 Proceedings of the eighth international conference on Artificial life
Emergence of Collective Behavior in Evolving Populations of Flying Agents
Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines
Evolutionary form-finding of tensegrity structures
GECCO '05 Proceedings of the 7th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation
GECCO '05 Proceedings of the 7th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation
Validation of evolutionary activity metrics for long-term evolutionary dynamics
GECCO '05 Proceedings of the 7th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation
Evolutionary Body Building: Adaptive Physical Designs for Robots
Artificial Life
How the Body Shapes the Way We Think: A New View of Intelligence (Bradford Books)
How the Body Shapes the Way We Think: A New View of Intelligence (Bradford Books)
Open-ended on-board evolutionary robotics for robot swarms
CEC'09 Proceedings of the Eleventh conference on Congress on Evolutionary Computation
ECAL'09 Proceedings of the 10th European conference on Advances in artificial life: Darwin meets von Neumann - Volume Part I
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We present a new framework for artificial life involving physically simulated, three-dimensional blocks called Division Blocks. Division Blocks can grow and shrink, divide and form joints, exert forces on joints, and exchange resources. They are controlled by recurrent neural networks that evolve, along with the blocks, by natural selection. Division Blocks are simulated in an environment in which energy is approximately conserved, and in which all energy derives ultimately from a simulated sun via photosynthesis. In this paper we describe our implementation of Division Blocks and some of the ways that it can support experiments on the open-ended evolution of development, form, and behavior. We also present preliminary data from simulations, demonstrating the reliable emergence of cooperative resource transactions.