@proceedings{
  10.1162/isal_a_00748,
  author = {Rojas, Junior},
  title = "{Energy-Based Models for Virtual Creatures}",
  volume = {ALIFE 2024: Proceedings of the 2024 Artificial Life Conference},
  series = {Artificial Life Conference Proceedings},
  pages = {30},
  year = {2024},
  month = {07},
  abstract = "{This paper presents an energy-based approach for simulating virtual creatures, advocating for a shift from traditional monolithic physics engines to a more flexible implementation approach centered on energy minimization and automatic differentiation. By integrating insights from established disciplines alongside emerging concepts such as scale-free cognition, this approach enables a comprehensive modeling of behaviors, where everything from basic physical phenomena, such as inertia and elasticity, to more complex behaviors, such as robust locomotion, can be interpreted as goal-directed behavior.}",
  doi = {10.1162/isal_a_00748},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1162/isal\_a\_00748},
  eprint = {https://direct.mit.edu/isal/proceedings-pdf/isal2024/36/30/2461221/isal\_a\_00748.pdf},
}