Langton's Ant | Cellular Automaton Laboratory

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Original Langton's Ant - creates highway after ~10,000 steps

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L=Left turn, R=Right turn for each state

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Langton's Ant is a two-dimensional Turing machine with simple rules that produces complex emergent behavior. After ~10,000 steps, the classic rule creates a "highway" - an infinite diagonal pattern.

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Rule: RL (0, 0)