Check hyperneat and for example also the work from Josh Bongard on GRNs. Shorthand is evo-devo. https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAuiGdPEdw0iRhEnF5yPuqegKV

Check hyperneat and for example also the work from Josh Bongard on GRNs. Shorthand is evo-devo. https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAuiGdPEdw0iRhEnF5yPuqegKVjKktDni https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAuiGdPEdw0iRhEnF5yPuqe... I once built a simulator that used evo-devo to evolve morphology of modular robot organisms in response to environmental factors, completing evo-devo-eco. If I remember it right it was creating a snake at night and disassembling during the day. The fitness function becomes complicated though. I think it was something like a distance function in body morphology plus environmental condition (light).