Biomorpher

Interactive Evolutionary Algorithms for Rhino Grasshopper.

As opposed to setting objective functions (As with Galapagos for example), Interactive Evolutionary Algorithms (IEAs) allow designers to engage with the process of evolutionary development itself. This creates an involved experience, helping to explore the wide combinatorial space of parametric models without always knowing where you are headed.

See github site for source (MIT) and latest release:

https://github.com/johnharding/Biomorpher/releases

Cecilie Brandt Olsen (author of K2 Engineering) and I have been developing Biomorpher since December 2016.

This work is sponsored by the 2016/17 UWE VC Early Career Researcher Development Award and was initially inspired by Richard Dawkins' Biomorphs from his 1986 book, The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design.

Please leave comments and share your experience of using Biomorpher below. It would be great to hear from you!

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  • Amir Soltani

    That's brilliant John, and thank you for Embryo tutorial as well!

  • Arturo De La Fuente

    This is really awesome John! Thank you! 

  • Valmir Kastrati

    Hi.

    I installed the latest version (0.61) and for some reason when I select one of the iterations in the interface, it shows up in the rhino preview and then goes back to the original pre-selected by biomorpher.

    Any Ideas why this is happening?

    Thank you.