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Cellular Automaton Manipulator Array

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We present a cellular automaton architecture for massive-parallel manipulation tasks. The cellular-automaton manipulator is an array of actuators, which interact locally with each other and generate coordinated manipulation forces for precise translation of the manipulated object. The cellular-automaton actuator arrays behave as an excitable medium, where initial perturbation leads to propagation of excitation waves. The excitation waves are physically mapped onto the hardware actuation waves. We analyse different types of excitation and manipulation patterns and physical implementations of the actuating surface.

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    Ioannis Georgilas, Andrew Adamatzky & Chris Melhuish

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Georgilas, I., Adamatzky, A., Melhuish, C. (2015). Cellular Automaton Manipulator Array. In: Sirakoulis, G., Adamatzky, A. (eds) Robots and Lattice Automata. Emergence, Complexity and Computation, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10924-4_13

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