An interactive self-replicator implemented in hardware.
Self-replicating loops presented to date are essentially worlds unto themselves, inaccessible to the observer once the replication process is launched. In this article we present the design of an interactive self-replicating loop of arbitrary size, wherein the user can physically control the loop's replication and induce its destruction. After introducing the BioWall, a reconfigurable electronic wall for bio-inspired applications, we describe the design of our novel loop and delineate its hardware implementation in the wall.
Stauffer
André
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Logic Systems Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. andre.stauffer@epfl.ch
Sipper
Moshe
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D003201:Computers; D008954:Models, Biological