Multi-crease Self-folding by Global Heating Abstract This study demonstrates a new approach to autonomous folding for the body of a 3D robot from a 2D sheet, using heat. We approach this challenge by folding a…
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What is Life—in Everyday
What is Life—in Everyday Understanding? A Focus Group Study on Lay Perspectives on the Term Life Wolfgang Kerbe* Johannes Kepler University, Linz and Biofaction KG, Vienna Keywords Focus groups, naive biology, life, everyday knowledge, synthetic…
Maximizing the Adjacent Possible
Maximizing the Adjacent Possible in Automata Chemistries Abstract Automata chemistries are good vehicles for experimentation in open-ended evolution, but they are by necessity complex systems whose low-level properties require careful design. To aid the process…
Gareth Jones**
Gareth Jones** † Philip H. King Hywel Morgan** Maurits R. R. de Planque‡ Klaus-Peter Zauner*,** University of Southampton Keywords Fluid robots, molecular robotics, proto-organism, lipid membranes, self-assembly, Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction Autonomous Droplet Architectures Abstract The quintessential…
Ryan Kaplan**
Ryan Kaplan** Brown University Joseph Klobušický† Brown University Shivendra Pandey The Johns Hopkins University ‡ David H. Gracias*,§ The Johns Hopkins University Govind Menon*,† Brown University Keywords Virus, viral tiling theory, self-folding, origami, microfabrication, nanotechnology…
Giovanni Pini*,**
Giovanni Pini*,** Université Libre de Bruxelles Arne Brutschy** Université Libre de Bruxelles Alexander Scheidler Fraunhofer IWES † Marco Dorigo** Université Libre de Bruxelles Mauro Birattari** Université Libre de Bruxelles Keywords Task partitioning, foraging, swarm robotics,…
The Cognitive Domain of a Glider
The Cognitive Domain of a Glider in the Game of Life Randall D. Beer* Indiana University Abstract This article examines in some technical detail the application of Maturana and Varelaʼs biology of cognition to a…
Bespoke Physics for
Bespoke Physics for Living Technology David H. Ackley* The University of New Mexico In the physics of the natural world, basic tasks of life, Abstract such as homeostasis and reproduction, are extremely complex operations, requiring…
Living in Living Cities
Living in Living Cities Abstract This article presents an overview of current and potential applications of living technology to some urban problems. Living technology can be described as technology that exhibits the core features of…
Online Learning in a
Online Learning in a Chemical Perceptron Abstract Autonomous learning implemented purely by means of a synthetic chemical system has not been previously realized. Learning promotes reusability and minimizes the system design to simple input-output specification….