Self-reproducing machines
- 11 May 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 435 (7039), 163-164
- https://doi.org/10.1038/435163a
Abstract
Self-reproduction is central to biological life for long-term sustainability and evolutionary adaptation. Although these traits would also be desirable in many engineered systems, the principles of self-reproduction have not been exploited in machine design1. Here we create simple machines that act as autonomous modular robots and are capable of physical self-reproduction using a set of cubes.Keywords
This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- Self-replicating robots for lunar developmentIEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2002
- Modular robotsIEEE Spectrum, 2002
- Distributed replication algorithms for self-reconfiguring modular robotsPublished by Springer Science and Business Media LLC ,2002
- Go Forth and ReplicateScientific American, 2001
- Design and Fabrication of Topologically Complex, Three-Dimensional MicrostructuresScience, 1998
- Automatic discovery of self-replicating structures in cellular automataIEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 1997
- Self-Reproducing MachinesScientific American, 1959