A project to create artificial life has hit a key milestone – the simulated creature can now wriggle.
The Open Worm project aims to build a lifelike copy of a nematode roundworm entirely out of computer code.
This week the creature’s creators added code that gets the virtual worm wriggling like the real thing.
The next step is to hook the body up to a simulation of the worm’s brain to help understand more about how and why it moves.
via BBC News
