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In this paper we describe our attempt to create a nature-like simulation model of artificial creatures. The model includes physical simulation of creatures, their interaction with the environment, their neural network control, and both directed and open-ended evolution. We describe a complex, three-dimensional simulation system, where various fitness criteria can be selected for evolving species, and a spontaneous evolution can be run. The work is still being developed, and we hope to make it a realistic model capable of producing real-life phenomena through an open-ended evolution in a life-like world of stick creatures.
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Komosiński, M., Ulatowski, S. (1999). Framsticks: Towards a Simulation of a Nature-Like World, Creatures and Evolution. In: Floreano, D., Nicoud, JD., Mondada, F. (eds) Advances in Artificial Life. ECAL 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1674. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48304-7_33
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