Evolved and designed self-reproducing modular robotics
Evolved and designed self-reproducing modular robotics
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DOI：
10.1109/tro.2007.894685
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发表时间：
2007-04-01
影响因子：
7.8
通讯作者：
Lipson, Hod
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作者：
Zykov, Victor;Mytilinaios, Efstathios;Lipson, Hod
Long-term physical survivability of most robotic systems today is achieved through durable hardware. In contrast, most biological systems are not made of robust materials; long-term sustainability and evolutionary adaptation in nature are provided through processes of self-repair and, ultimately, self-reproduction. Here we demonstrate a large space of possible robots capable of autonomous self-reproduction. These robots are composed of actuated modules equipped with electromagnets to selectively control the morphology of the robotic assembly. We show a variety of 2-D and 3-D machines from 3 to 2n modules, and two physical implementations that each achieves two generations of reproduction. We show both automatically generated and manually designed morphologies.
