title: POEtic: an electronic tissue for bio-inspired cellular applications.
abstract: In this paper, we introduce the general architecture of a new electronic tissue called POEtic. This reconfigurable circuit is designed to ease the implementation of bio-inspired systems that bring cellular applications into play. It contains special features that allow a developer to realize systems that require evolution (Phylogenesis), development (Ontogenesis), and/or learning (Epigenesis). A dynamic routing algorithm has been added to a structure similar to that of common commercial FPGAs, in order to allow the creation of data paths between cells. As the creation of these paths is dynamic, it is possible to add new cells or to repair faulty ones at runtime.
authors.affiliation: Logic Systems Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland. yann.thoma@epfl.ch
authors.forename: Yann
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Thoma
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tempesti
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: Juan-Manuel Moreno
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Arostegui
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012038:Regeneration / Q000502:physiology