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This reminded me of a physics toy I saw ~10 years ago where you would draw simple two-dimensional robots with legs and muscles, optimize their gait, and race them.

If only I could remember the name of it...

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I am reminded of what i believe is the same thing constantly and can never find it. I always thought it was called something like Sodaracer but searches have been unsuccessful. I remember evolution algorithms to make the fastest amoeba wheels.

EDIT: soda constructor by sodaplay.

http://maciejmatyka.blogspot.com/2018/02/soda-constructor-re...

EDIT2: from that link, here is a playable open source recreation linked at the bottom

https://peterfidelman.github.io/constructor/

Thank you for finding this! Me and my siblings used to play with this for hours.

thank you for inspiring the search that finally found it. I can't wait to get done with work today and go build some bots!

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