Winners, organizers, and judges of previous editions
First place: Alican Mertan
Second place (shared): Karine Miras
Second place (shared): Leo Caussan
Kam Bielawski (organizer)
Piper Welch (organizer)
Nick Cheney (judge)
Neurobotics Lab @ University of Vermont
Sam Kriegman (judge)
Xenobot Lab @ Northwestern University
First place: Alien project
Organizers: Kam Bielawski, Piper Welch, Caitlin Grasso, and Karine Miras
Judges: Lee Cronin, Kate Darling, Sebastian Risi, Ricard Solé, and Jacintha Ellers
Diffaqua
GenePool: Seeking coexistence in a virtual ecosystem
The VCC was not held in 2020 due to covid :(
Learning to Generalize Self-Assembling Agents
Lenia – Mathematical Life Forms
Evolving Modular Robots Using Direct and Generative Encodings
Harnessing evolutionary creativity: evolving soft-bodied animats in simulated physical environments
Evolved Electrophysiological Soft Robots
Unshackling Evolution: Evolving Soft Robots with Multiple Materials
Evolved Virtual Creatures