Crate elegans 

Elegans — Emergent Worm Brain via Imaginal Disc Development

302 undifferentiated neurons develop into a functional C. elegans nervous system with zero hardcoded structure. Neurons don’t get assigned roles — they become sensory, motor, or interneuron through developmental phases driven by body interaction.

Architecture

• Body: 2D worm body with segments, muscles, touch sensors, chemosensors
• Coupling: Fiber tracts bridge body↔brain using spatial proximity
• Discs: Imaginal disc programs — latent developmental rules
• Phases: Genesis → Exposure → Differentiation → Crystallization
• Sim: Coupled body + brain simulation

Modules

body

Worm body — 3D physics with segments, muscles, touch, and chemosensing.

coupling

Brain↔body coupling via fiber tracts.

disc

Imaginal disc programs — latent developmental rules.

phase

Developmental phase controller.

sim

WormSim — coupled body + brain simulation.