Manipulating with excitations: Waves or gliders?

Georgilas, Ioannis; Adamatzky, Andrew; Melhuish, Chris

Abstract

Excitable media are classical examples of un- conventional computing devices. Using waves to represent information and wave interactions to represent information processing, excitable media achieve computation versatility comparable to traditional techniques. We aim to use waves in a discrete excitable media to create a controller for a novel smart surface manipulator. The manipulator uses these waves as control signals for an array of actuators to transfer, orient and aggregate objects. We present results of scoping experiments on distributed manipulating of objects with omni-directional waves and travelling localised excitations (gliders).

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: ICRA 2013 Workshop - Unconventional Approaches to Robotics, Automation and Control, Inspired by Nature (UARACIN)
• Start Date: May 6, 2013
• End Date: May 10, 2013
• Publication Date: May 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: May 28, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 29, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: excitable media, cellular automata, smart surfaces
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1436034
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : ICRA 2013 Workshop - Unconventional Approaches to Robotics, Automation and Control, Inspired by Nature (UARACIN)
• Contract Date: Feb 29, 2016