In nature, gene regulatory networks are a key mediator between the information stored in the
DNA of living organisms (their genotype) and the structural and behavioral expression this …

We present a review of methods for procedurally generating the morphology of virtual
creatures. We include a range of methods, with the main groups being from ALife over art to …

We present a platform that allows for co-evolution of development and motion control of soft-
bodied, multicellular animats in a 2-dimensional fluid-like environment. Artificial gene …

We use a genetic algorithm to obtain artificial gene regulatory networks (GRNs) controlling
real time behaviour of artificial agents (animats) that gather food resources in a 2D …

This paper presents a virtual racing car controller based on an artificial gene regulatory
network. Usually used to control virtual cells in developmental models, recent works showed …

All multicellular living beings are created from a single cell. A developmental process, called
embryogenesis, takes this first fertilized cell down a complex path of reproduction, migration …

Novelty search is an evolutionary search algorithm based on the superficially contradictory
idea that abandoning goal-focused fitness function altogether can lead to the discovery of …

Gene regulatory networks are networks of interactions in organisms responsible for
determining the production levels of proteins and peptides. Mathematical and computational …

Building a system that allows for pattern formation and morphogenesis is a first step towards
a biologically-inspired developmental-evolutionary approach to generate complex neural …

Artificial life is an open topic that seeks to create artificial entities capable of mimicking
biological life or, where appropriate, improve it. Within virtual environments, we find entities …