A Concept for Bionic Manufacturing Systems Based on DNA-type Information

Abstract This paper describes a new concept for BMS (Bionic Manufacturing Systems) based on DNA-type information. The BMS is expected to be a decentralized system beyond today's CIM which has been suffering from limitations in flexibility for diversified market demands and adaptability to unexpected troubles. Most of superior biological functions such as flexibility, autonomy, self-formation and self-recovery are expressed by DNA information, inherited type, rather than BN (Brain and Neurons)-type information, learned type. In the proposed DNA-based BMS, all the elements such as works, machine tools, robots and testing instruments analogically are imitated by autonomous organisms carrying DNA-type and/or BN-type. The work is regarded as a growing object from a raw material to a final product depending on the DNA-type. A DNA-based BMS model is developed and discussed.