This paper discusses our ongoing research on self-replicating robots. Here we describe a semi- autonomous prototype that can demonstrate replication under human ...

Here we describe a semi-autonomous prototype that can demonstrate replication under human supervision. This work builds on our previous results in remote- ...

... Robotic selfreplication is viewed as a process in which an initial functional robot assembles several man-made subsystems and builds a functional replica.

Abstract. The concept of man-made self-replicating machines was first proposed by John von Neumann more than 50 years ago. However, there has never been a ...

According to von Neumann there are four components required for a self-replicating machine: the builder, the controller, the copier, and the blueprint [31]. The ...

The system consisted of an original robot, subsystems of three fixed-position assembly stations (the factory), and finally a set of complex parts from which ...

The central idea of this paper is a specific concept of self- replicating robotic system for energy and materials production on the moon. The key components of ...

Self-replicating robots represent a new area for prospective advancement in robotics. A self-replicating robot can identify when additional robots are needed to ...

Using simple discrete electronic components allows for a more uniform decomposition of each robot into simpler parts than for microprocessor-controlled systems.

Kwan and G.S. Chirikjian, ”A semi-autonomous replicat- ing robotic system,” Proceedings of 2003 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Intelligent. Robots and Applicatins (CIRA), ...