Humans love the idea of unique individuals, all of us snowflakes, so to generate a large population of diverse individuals with as little work as possible, Levitated use a combinatorial system.

Combinatorial systems are simply discreet organizations of parts. By combining sets of differing parts--attributes: features, genetics--in unique ways, a multitude of combinations are possible. " "Levitated's combinatorial critter's appearance is determined randomly from a set of pre-rendered graphic symbols representing various physical attributes." This is just one of Levitated's numerous math meets art projects. Also check the computationally generated walking insects in exhibits, their publications and related projects