PhDSupervision:Dhananjay Ipparthi
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
Milestones
Advanced Studies Thesis due in April 2013 FNRS scholarship proposal due in January 2013 Self Reproduction Review Paper due in October 2012
Academic Activities
31st August, 2012
Literature Review
- Evolvable Physical Self-Replicators, Virgo 2012
- Some alternative reproductive strategies in artificial molecular machines, Laing 1975
Project Work
- Work on Self-Reproduction Review Paper
Development
Laboratory Activities
- Assist Gianpiero in procuring cabinets for robots in the arena
Ideas
Deliverable Advanced Studies Thesis due in April 2013
17th August, 2012
Literature Review
- Self-reproduction in cellular automata, Langton 1984
- Formal definition of self-reproductive systems. Luskha 2003
Project Work
- Work on Self-Reproduction Review Paper
Development
- Staged self-assembly simulation. Development of a self-assembly modeller in the ARGoS framework.
- Tuning of parameters
Laboratory Activities
- Assist Gianpiero in procuring cabinets for robots in the arena
Ideas
Deliverable FNRS scholarship proposal due in January 2013
29th June, 2012
Literature Review
- Compiling reading list for Self-Reproduction Review Paper
Project Work
- Drew skeleton for Self-Reproduction Review Paper
Development
- Staged self-assembly simulation. Development of a self-assembly modeller in the ARGoS framework.
- Tile integration rules introduced
Laboratory Activities
- Assist Gianpiero in procuring cabinets for robots in the arena
Ideas
Deliverable
04th June, 2012
Literature Review
- Self-Reproduction related papers
Project Work
- Drew skeleton for Self-Reproduction Review Paper
Development
- Staged self-assembly simulation. Development of a self-assembly modeller in the ARGoS framework.
- Tile instance created and fundamental functions set up.
Laboratory Activities
- Assist Gianpiero in procuring cabinets for robots in the arena
Ideas
- Include different magnetic patterns on the tiles to examine how they will be developed
Deliverable Self Reproduction Review Paper [due October, first draft end of July(?)]
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 File:Review 20120215.pdf‎
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
