Robotic Enzyme-Based Autonomous Self-Replication

Michael Rubenstein, Maks Krivokon, and Wei-Min Shen. Robotic Enzyme-Based Autonomous Self-Replication. In Proc. 2004 IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2661–2666, Sendai, Japan, 2004.

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Abstract

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.

BibTeX Entry

@InProceedings{	  rubenstein2004robotic-enzyme-based-autonomous-self-replication,
  abstract	= {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.},
  address	= {Sendai, Japan},
  author	= {Michael Rubenstein and Maks Krivokon and Wei-Min Shen},
  booktitle	= iros-04,
  pages		= {2661--2666},
  title		= {Robotic Enzyme-Based Autonomous Self-Replication},
  year		= {2004}
}