title: Finding and defining the natural automata acting in living plants: Toward the synthetic biology for robotics and informatics in vivo.
abstract: The automata theory is the mathematical study of abstract machines commonly studied in the theoretical computer science and highly interdisciplinary fields that combine the natural sciences and the theoretical computer science. In the present review article, as the chemical and biological basis for natural computing or informatics, some plants, plant cells or plant-derived molecules involved in signaling are listed and classified as natural sequential machines (namely, the Mealy machines or Moore machines) or finite state automata. By defining the actions (states and transition functions) of these natural automata, the similarity between the computational data processing and plant decision-making processes became obvious. Finally, their putative roles as the parts for plant-based computing or robotic systems are discussed.
authors: Faculty and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering; The University of Kitakyushu; Kitakyushu, Japan ; LINV @ Kitakyushu Research Center; Kitakyushu, Japan ; LINV @ Firenze; Department of Plant Soil and Environmental Science; University of Florence; Sesto Fiorentino, Italy ; Paris Interdisciplinary Energy Research Institute (PIERI); Paris, France.
authors: Tomonori
authors: T
authors: Kawano
authors: François
authors: F
authors: Bouteau
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Mancuso
keywords: aqueous computing; automaton; plant enzyme; plant signaling