https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Q5l47jTy8
Self Replication #2
>A simulation of a self replicating programmable constructor in a two dimensional discrete space supporting about two dozen different types of component part. The machine can create new parts out of nothing as it needs them. See www.srm.org.uk for more details.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBXO_6Jn1fs
Self Replication #3
>A simulation of a self-replicating programmable constructing machine in a simulation environment that supports moveable parts. The machine obtains parts from its environment and uses them to make a duplicate machine. Visit www.srm.org.uk for more information.
>Self-Replicating Machines: Will Stevens. This site is about work related to self-replicating machines that I carried out for my PhD thesis with the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Open University in the UK between 2004 and 2009. I am interested in physically realistic simulations of self-replicating machines made from simple component parts. On this website you will find an introduction to self-replicating machines, published papers about my research, animations from simulations of self-replicating machines, simulation software that you can download, and links to other work related to self-replication.
For a wildly bold approach to robust computing, with moveable damage-resistant self-repairing parts, check out Dave Ackley's Movable Feast Machine!
http://movablefeastmachine.org/
>The Movable Feast Machine is a robust, indefinitely scalable, computing architecture.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14236898
>The video "Distributed City Generation" demonstrates how you can program a set of Movable Feast Machine rules that build a self-healing city that fills all available space with urban sprawl, and even repairs itself after disasters!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkSXERxucPc
>A rough video demo of Trent R. Small's procedural city generation dynamics in the Movable Feast Machine simulator. See http://nm8.us/q for more information. Apologies for the poor audio!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm5k2NUmpIP-4ekppm6Jo...
>Robust-first Computing playlist. Videos introducing and exploring inherently robust computational systems.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm5k2NUmpIP8qwttAS5Ba...
>Movable Feast Machine v2 demos. Presentations and demos of research projects built on the MFMv2 simulator.