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Swarm materialization through discrete, nonsequential additive fabrication

Andréen, David LU ; Goidea, Ana LU ; Johansson, Anton Tetov LU orcid and Hildorsson, Erik (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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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
  • scopus:85071452035
ISBN
978-1-7281-2407-0
978-1-7281-2406-3
DOI
10.1109/FAS-W.2019.00059
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bioDigital Matter
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English
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yes
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  author       = {{Andréen, David and Goidea, Ana and Johansson, Anton Tetov and Hildorsson, Erik}},
  booktitle    = {{2019 IEEE 4th International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS*W) : 3rd International Workshop on Self-Organised Construction (SOCO)}},
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  publisher    = {{IEEE Computer Society}},
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  doi          = {{10.1109/FAS-W.2019.00059}},
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