Swarm materialization through discrete, nonsequential additive fabrication
(2019) IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems- Abstract
Biological design is able to achieve remarkable functionality, resilience and adaptability without relying on centralized coordination or resource-intense materials. Agent based construction seeks to emulate these advantages, but the two common approaches - swarm robotics and fully virtual agent simulations - are held back by limitations that are difficult to overcome in isolation. Here we demonstrate initial steps towards the application of biological design principles, particularly the so called Bernard Machine. 3D printing is used to materialize the actions of virtual agents in a physical environment. Such an arena requires a shift from monolithic printing processes to interactive ones: assemblage printing. We... (More)
Biological design is able to achieve remarkable functionality, resilience and adaptability without relying on centralized coordination or resource-intense materials. Agent based construction seeks to emulate these advantages, but the two common approaches - swarm robotics and fully virtual agent simulations - are held back by limitations that are difficult to overcome in isolation. Here we demonstrate initial steps towards the application of biological design principles, particularly the so called Bernard Machine. 3D printing is used to materialize the actions of virtual agents in a physical environment. Such an arena requires a shift from monolithic printing processes to interactive ones: assemblage printing. We demonstrate an alternative to conventional slicer-controlled printing that is discrete and to an extent nonsequential and which forms the foundation for assemblage printing. In its extension it allows for the exploration of a fully agent based construction process.
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- author
- Andréen, David LU ; Goidea, Ana LU ; Johansson, Anton Tetov LU and Hildorsson, Erik
- organization
- publishing date
- 2019-08-18
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Swarm construction, Agent-based construction, Discrete additive fabrication, Homeostatic design, Biological design, Additive manufacturing, Morphogenesis, Multi agent system, Biomimicry
- host publication
- 2019 IEEE 4th International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS*W) : 3rd International Workshop on Self-Organised Construction (SOCO) - 3rd International Workshop on Self-Organised Construction (SOCO)
- pages
- 6 pages
- publisher
- IEEE Computer Society
- conference name
- IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems
- conference location
- Umeå, Sweden
- conference dates
- 2019-06-16 - 2019-06-20
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85071452035
- ISBN
- 978-1-7281-2407-0
- 978-1-7281-2406-3
- DOI
- 10.1109/FAS-W.2019.00059
- project
- bioDigital Matter
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 8645f187-fbf6-4517-a835-3dd584aab728
- date added to LUP
- 2019-04-08 10:43:40
- date last changed
- 2024-03-19 04:29:40
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