Virtual evolution

After quite a bit of work, I was able to finally find what I was searching for. I knew that I had seen a program on television before that had some virtual creatures created from blocks that underwent simulated evolution and generations to produce creatures that excelled at a given task, such as swimming or walking.

I finally found it. Turns out it was from 1994. Karl Sims created what he called Evolved Creatures. He programmed the simulation of the environment and creatures as well as the graphics, I believe.

This is a silent demo:


Here is the final video with narration:


While searching I found some other interesting things.