Darwinbots

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Darwinbots is an open-source - simulator for artificial life , which was originally developed by Carlo Comis. It offers a virtual environment in which a number of digital organisms, called "bots", interact, fight for resources, reproduce and evolve.

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Darwinbots simulates genes that control the behavior of a single bot. Every gene has a trigger for its activation, a body that carries out the gene functions and an end marker. Darwinbots do not simulate advanced information carriers and effectors (RNA or proteins) and interactions between genes are minimal. Individuals with similar DNA recognize each other as relatives.

Each bot has an energy level that increases with food intake and decreases with activation of a coded action. A metabolism is simulated via the consumption of energy and the production of waste products. A bot can die if its energy levels are too low or the waste around it is too high. The efficiency of energy and waste handling is the main selective mechanism for evolution. In addition, the diet requires a combination of eyesight, exercise, target recognition and attack.

criticism

The Science Advisory Board commented that the Darwinbots software could be further developed into a model of a complex interaction between cells, tissues and organs: "Normal and pathological physiology could be re-imagined as inter-specific relationships."

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