Papers

Nodes: An Environment for Simulating Self-Replicating Machines Stevens, W.M. (2004)
Published in the Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems (MIT Press), pages 39-44.

Describes the 'Nodes' environment, and introduces an SRM constructed in the Nodes environment.

A Programmable Constructor in a Kinematic Environment Stevens, W.M. (2005)
Poster presentation at the Micro and Nanotechnology conference 2005.

Describes both the 'CBlocks3D' environment and a programmable constructor in that environment.

Logic circuits in a system of repelling particles Stevens, W.M. (2006)
Book chapter, pages 157-182 in 'From Utopian to Genuine Unconventional Computers', Luniver Press, Frome UK.
Also appears in the International Journal of Unconventional Computing, 2008, Vol 4, Issue 1, p61-77.

Workshop presentation at the Unconventional Computing 2006 conference in York, UK.

Shows how logic circuits can be made in a very simple kinematic particle system.

Simulating Self-Replicating Machines, Stevens, W.M. (2007)
Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Springer Netherlands. DOI 10.1007/s10846-007-9132-2

Describes the 'CBlocks' environment, describes an SRM in the CBlocks environment and discusses issues related to simulating self-replicating machines.

Diagram of SRM for 'Simulating Self-Replicating Machines' paper.

A Kinematic Turing Machine, Stevens, W.M. (2007)
Book chapter, pages 29-62 in 'Unconventional Computing 2007', Luniver Press, Frome UK.
Also appears in the International Journal of Unconventional Computing, 2009, Vol 5, Issue 2, p145-163.

Presented at Unconventional Computing 2007 in Bristol, UK.

Describes the operation of a Turing machine in a kinematic simulation environment.

Parts closure in a kinematic self-replicating programmable constructor, Stevens, W.M. (2009)
Journal of Artificial Life and Robotics, Springer Japan. DOI 10.1007/s10015-008-0618-1
Presented at Artifial Life and Robotics 2008, Beppu, Japan.
Winner of a Young Author Award.

Describes a part discriminating system in the 'CBlocks3D' environment.