We would like to announce the release of two new
programs for Framsticks. Framsticks is a versatile
simulator of artificial life forms, used for research
and education in many fields of science, including
evolutionary computation, artificial intelligence,
neural networks, robotics, biology, cognitive sciences,
and neuroscience.
The Framsticks web site address is http://www.frams.alife.pl/
The two new applications are:
- the Framsticks Theater
- FRED, the Framsticks Editor
The Framsticks Theater is an easy-to-use application which illustrates
some basic phenomena, like genes and genetics, mutation, evolution,
user-driven evolution and artificial selection, walking and swimming,
artificial life simulation, virtual world interactions, etc.
It includes a number of "shows", and new shows can be added by advanced
users or developers.
It can be run on standalone workstations as a show (artistic
installations, shops, fairs), as well as for education (e.g. biology,
evolution, optimization, simulation, robotics), illustration, attractive
graphical background for music, advertisement, entertainment,
screen-saving mode, etc.
Framsticks Theater for Windows:
http://www.frams.alife.pl/common/dl/TheaterInstall.exe
Framsticks Theater for Linux:
http://www.frams.alife.pl/common/dl/TheaterLin.zip
Another program is FRED, the FRamsticks EDitor. It is free, and helps
in designing creatures in a friendly way.
http://www.frams.alife.pl/common/dl/Fred2.jar
FRED also connects to the Framsticks Experimentation Center at
http://www.alife.pl/fec/www/index.php
Kind regards,
Maciej Komosinski
Szymon Ulatowski
