PhDSupervision:Dhananjay Ipparthi
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Personal Information
Name: Dhananjay Ipparthi
Date of arrival in Brussels: 08th February, 2012
Home address: Rue des Vierges 58, 1000 Bruxelles
Telephone number: +32 483 382 207
Academic Activities
14th May, 2012
Literature Review
- Bhalla, Bentley. Staging the Self-Assembly Process: Inspiration from Biological Development [Manuscript]
Project Work
- Initial designs of Staged Self-Assembly
- Prepare presentation of literature review [completed]
Development
- Staged self-assembly simulation
Laboratory Activities
- Assist Gianpiero in drawing designs for cabinets for robots in the arena
- Assist Touraj in setting up the Kilo-bots
Ideas
Deliverable
Present an introduction to Self-Reproduction
30th Apr, 2012
Literature Review
- Stephen Wolfram. New Kind of Science. [Chapters: 1 and 3]
- Pesavento, Umberto. An implementation of von Neumann's self-reproducing machine
- Zykov, Mytilinaios, Adams, Lipson. Self-reproducing machines.
Project Work
- Prepare presentation of literature review [80% completed]
Development
- Staged self-assembly review
Laboratory Activities
- Assist Gianpiero in procurement of robot storage cabinets for the Arena
Ideas
- Hand drawn sketch of 3D gear as an idea of machines capable of climbing one another in order to create a smart bridge over a gap.
- Replication inspired by DNA strands and Genetic operations
Deliverable
Present an introduction to Self-Reproduction early in May 2012
26th March, 2012
Literature Review
- Freitas and Merkle. Kinematic self-replicating machines. [Chapters: 1 and 2]
- Sipper. Book review of Kinematic self-replicating machines.
- Penrose and Penrose. A self-reproducing analogue. Nature.
- Penrose. Self-reproducing machines. Scientific American.
- Bhalla. Designing self-assembling systems via physically encoded information. PhD thesis. [Chapters: 1 and 2]
Project Work
- Collect available videos and links of self assembling systems
- Prepare presentation of literature review
Development
- Extension of mini project: Add features to the virtual arena and make the robtos find them
Laboratory Activities
- Testing of robots brought back from Lausanne
- Testing new kernel:
- Connects more reliably to the wifi
- Hangs during operation of Nithin's script 'swarmorph'
Ideas
- Baseline problem for robots to solve: crossing a bridge
- 3D gear like entity which can create structures
Deliverable
Present an introduction to Self-Reproduction early in May 2012
15th February, 2012
Literature Review
Development
- Carlo has given me a mini project to work on to get me started on Argos. I am working on it.
Laboratory Activities
- In the afternoon on Monday, I will take a look at the Footbots with Arne.
- Alessandro and I have developed a rough plan for the setup of the camera network, we plan to start the execution this week.
- Nithin and I have also initiated talks, and he wants to finalise a few issues before we continue.
Ideas
- Using nuclear fission or fusion models to create multiple agents, but the concern is that these models are unlike biological evolved systems and are not adaptive, versatile or agile.
- Study the evolution of dicarboxylic acids
