Framsticks: A Platform for Modeling, Simulating, and Evolving 3D Creatures

Komosiński, Maciej

doi:10.1007/1-84628-214-4_2

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“…For artificial creatures, diverse genetic encodings may exist (there are several encodings in the Framsticks system [5]). Some of them allow to evolve creatures that are better adapted to certain tasks than others.…”

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The Numerical Measure of Symmetry for 3D Stick Creatures

Jaśkowski

Komosiński

2008

Artificial Life

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This work introduces a numerical, continuous measure of symmetry for 3D stick creatures and solid 3D objects. Background information about the property of symmetry is provided, and motivations to developing symmetry measure are described. Three approaches are mentioned, and two of them are presented in detail using a formal mathematical language. The best approach is used to sort a set of creatures according to their symmetry. Experiments with a mixed set of 84 individuals originating from both human design and evolution are performed to examine symmetry within these two sources, and to determine if human designers and evolutionary processes prefer symmetry or asymmetry.

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“…We used phenotypes created (designed, evolved) in the Framsticks environment [5], as there is a large database of diversified creatures available. This database includes both results of various evolutionary experiments and the most interesting constructs designed by hand, as well as designed individuals that underwent evolution.…”

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The Numerical Measure of Symmetry for 3D Stick Creatures

Jaśkowski

Komosiński

2008

Artificial Life

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“…Although rule-based generative encodings have been widely used (e.g., [17], [20], [23]), we note that our encoding and the resulting phenotypes are very different from those of prior systems. Existing approaches develop systems consisting of large numbers of simple repeated structures.…”

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“…Existing approaches develop systems consisting of large numbers of simple repeated structures. For example, in Framsticks [20], the body of a robot is composed of a set of interconnected simple elements called sticks. The simplicity, uniformity and large numbers of these system building blocks allow the rewrite rules significant freedom in manipulating the structure.…”

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A manifold operator representation for adaptive design

Beal¹,

Mostafa²,

Mozeika

et al. 2012

Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation

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Many natural organisms exhibit canalization: small genetic changes are accommodated by adaptation in other systems that interact with them. Engineered systems, however, are typically quite brittle, making design automation extremely difficult. We propose to address this problem with a generative representation of design based on manifold operators. The operator set we propose combines the intuitive simplicity of top-down rewrite rules with the flexibility and distortion tolerance of bottom-up GRN-based models. An embryogeny specified using this representation thus places constraints on a developing design, rather than specifying a fixed body plan, allowing canalization processes to modulate the design as it continues to develop. We demonstrate our ideas in the domain of electromechanical design and validate them with simulations at different levels of abstraction.

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“…Another 3D simulation is Framsticks [15,10,14,11,12,13], but here, they took a very unusual approach to the animal models and evolution mechanics. The creatures contain mechanical structures ("bodies") and control systems ("brains"), which results in very unusual appearance, like stick segments with joints.…”

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Animal Farm—a complex artificial life 3D framework

Kiss

Pusztai

2021

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Informatica

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The development of computer-generated ecosystem simulations are becoming more common due to the greater computational capabilities of machines. Because natural ecosystems are very complex, simplifications are required for implementation. This simulation environment o er a global view of the system and generate a lot of data to process and analyse, which are difficult or impossible to do in nature. 3D simulations, besides of the scientific advantages in experiments, can be used for presentation, educational and entertainment purposes too. In our simulated framework (Animal Farm) we have implemented a few basic animal behaviors and mechanics to observe in 3D. All animals are controlled by an individual logic model, which determines the next action of the animal, based on their needs and surrounding environment.

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Framsticks: A Platform for Modeling, Simulating, and Evolving 3D Creatures

Cited by 6 publications

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The Numerical Measure of Symmetry for 3D Stick Creatures

The Numerical Measure of Symmetry for 3D Stick Creatures

A manifold operator representation for adaptive design

Animal Farm—a complex artificial life 3D framework

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