The Data-and-Signals Cellular Automaton and Its Application to Growing Structures

In a traditional cellular automaton (CA) a cell is implemented by a rule table defining its state at the next time step, given its present state and those of its neighbors. The cell thus deals only with states. We present a novel CA where the cell handles data and signals. The cell is designed as a digital system comprising a processing unit and a control unit. This allows the realization of various growing structures, including self-replicating loops and biomorphs. We also describe the hardware implementation of these structures within our electronic wall for bio-inspired applications, the BioWall.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2004
• Where: ALIFE
• Authors: André Stauffer, Moshe Sipper
• Keywords: ALIFE 2004, ALIFE 2007, Cell, Traditional Cellular Automaton, Various Growing Structures