# Genotype "Freestyler" from gene pool "swimming"
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name:Freestyler
genotype:~
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info_timestamp:946684800.0
info_author:Tom Hartley
info_author_ispublic:1
info_email:t.hartley@ucl.ac.uk
info_email_ispublic:1
info:
info_origin:2
info_how_created:~
I wanted to evolve something other than a worm. From experiments with pairs of sticks, I noticed that I sometimes saw a pair that swum with large "strokes" like a human swimmer, or frog.
I started with two long connected sticks, with a bending joint. By trial and error, I added a chain of neurons providing a time delay between "strokes". I limited mutations to neural only during the early stages, and gradually increased the level of morphological mutations. Initially, behavior was very uncoordinated.
Eventually, a form emerged that used one arm to swim, while using a long stick as a counterbalance. I selected for velocity, distance and lifespan (...). At one point I selected the fittest swimmer, put it into a fresh simulation, and allowed radiation to occur from that point.~
info_performance:~
The counterbalance (tail) is rotated at the right moment, so that the arm is lifted out of the water.~
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