Brain Hammer

Alex J. Champandard has compiled “Evolving Virtual Creatures: The Definitive Guide“. Excerpt:

AI research ties into games and simulations in many ways, but one of the most fascinating is the evolution of artificial life. Here’s a compilation of the best videos and white papers about applying genetic algorithms to generating the morphology and behavior of virtual embodied creatures in 3D worlds.

One of the cool things about the following video is it’s inclusion of an animation of the creature’s neural network:

Also supercool, this one:

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