Title :
Self-replication of 3D universal structures
Author :
Stauffer, André ; Mange, Daniel ; Petraglio, Enrico ; Tempesti, Gianluca
Author_Institution :
Logic Syst. Lab., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
After a survey of some realizations of self-replicating machines, this paper presents the construction based self-replication of universal 3D structures. This self-replication process is achieved by translation and transcription of a configuration information in a three-dimensional data and signals cellular automaton (DSCA). The specifications and the design of the basic three-dimensional cell of the automaton results in a new and straightforward methodology for the self-replication of 3D computing machines of any dimensions.
Keywords :
cellular automata; computer architecture; self-adjusting systems; self-reproducing automata; 3D cell; 3D computing machines; 3D data; 3D structure construction; 3D universal structures; DSCA; configuration information transcription; configuration information translation; self-replicating machines; signals cellular automaton; Automata; Hardware; History; Inspection; Laboratories; Logic; NASA; Self-replicating machines; Signal processing; Skeleton;
Conference_Titel :
Evolvable Hardware, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 NASA/DoD Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2145-2
DOI :
10.1109/EH.2004.1310842
