Self-assembly and Self-reproduction by an M-TRAN Modular Robotic System

A feasibility study was made for self-assembly and self-reproduction using anM-TRAN modular robotic system. Presuming that many stand-alone modules are scattered on a flat plane, various models of self-organizing systems have been examined; (1) randomly driven self-assembly, (2) self-assembly accelerated by worker, seed, and mold robots, and (3) self-reproduction based on a universal constructor. Basic functions for the universal constructor were tested by experimentation.

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