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This article describes a novel approach to the implementation on an electronic substrate of a process analogous to the cellular division of biological organisms. Cellular division is one of the two processes that allow the multicellular organization of complex living beings, and is therefore a key mechanism for the implementation of bio-inspired features such as development (growth) and self-repair (cicatrization). In particular, we shall describe the architecture and operation of a new kind of programmable logic device capable of realizing, in silicon, a cellular division process.
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Petraglio, E., Mange, D., Stauffer, A., Tempesti, G. (2004). Artificial Cellular Division by Self-Inspection. In: Ijspeert, A.J., Murata, M., Wakamiya, N. (eds) Biologically Inspired Approaches to Advanced Information Technology. BioADIT 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3141. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-27835-1_17
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