Langton's Ant
Emergent highway behavior from simple local rules — chaos to order
Speed (steps/frame):
20
Ant mode:
Standard (LR) — highway ~10k steps
LLRR — spirals
LRRL — fills
LLLRRR — symmetric
LLRRLLRR — complex
Reset
Pause
Step×1
Steps:
0
Ant pos:
(0,0)
Direction:
N
Black cells:
0
Rules:
L = turn left on white, flip black
R = turn right on white, flip black
Emergence:
After ~10,000 steps the
standard ant builds an
infinite periodic "highway"
despite chaotic beginning.