Aracna is a new, quadruped robot platform which requires non-intuitive motor commands in order to locomote and thus provides an interesting challenge for gait learning algorithms, such as those frequently developed in the Evolutionary Computation and Artificial Life communities. Aracna is an open-source hardware project composed of off-the-shelf and 3D-printed parts, enabling other research teams to modify its design according to their scientific needs.

​Aracna is comprised of entirely open source hardware and software. Current Aracna development is taking place in the GitHub repo linked below. Legacy software can still be found here, and mechanical designs can still be found here. This project is licensed under the GNU General Public (Open-Source) License.

Project participants
  • Sara Lohmann, Jason Yosinski, Eric Gold, Jeff Clune, Jeremy Blum, and Hod Lipson

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