TY - GEN
T1 - Robotic enzyme-based autonomous self-replication
AU - Rubenstein, Michael
AU - Krivokon, Maks
AU - Shen, Wei Min
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - In this paper, we introduce and describe the notion of a robotic enzyme, and how it can use properties that are similar to biological enzymes to autonomously self-replicate. We test the idea of robotic enzymes using a virtual environment that simulates the currently existing modular robots in a physically accurate way. We describe the self-replicating features of robotic enzymes, and how they could be used to autonomously self-replicate for multiple generations, limited only by the amount of modules in the environment.
AB - In this paper, we introduce and describe the notion of a robotic enzyme, and how it can use properties that are similar to biological enzymes to autonomously self-replicate. We test the idea of robotic enzymes using a virtual environment that simulates the currently existing modular robots in a physically accurate way. We describe the self-replicating features of robotic enzymes, and how they could be used to autonomously self-replicate for multiple generations, limited only by the amount of modules in the environment.
KW - Autonomous self-replication
KW - Robotic enzymes
KW - Self-reconfigurable robots
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:14044278834
SN - 0780384636
T3 - 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
SP - 2661
EP - 2666
BT - 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
T2 - 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Y2 - 28 September 2004 through 2 October 2004
ER -