Self Replicating Machine: Fundamentals and Applications

A self-replicating machine is a sort of autonomous robot that is capable of reproducing itself autonomously utilizing raw materials available in the environment. As a result, a self-replicating machine demonstrates self-replication in a manner that is akin to that which may be found in nature. The idea of self-replicating machines has been developed and investigated by Homer Jacobson, Edward F. Moore, Freeman Dyson, John von Neumann, and Konrad Zuse, as well as more recently by K. Eric Drexler in his book on nanotechnology titled Engines of Creation, as well as by Robert Freitas and Ralph Merkle in their review Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines, which provided the first comprehensive analysis of the entire replicator design space. The future development of such technology is an essential component of a number of schemes involving the extraction of ore and other resources from moons and asteroid belts, the establishment of manufacturing facilities on the moon, and even the building of solar power satellites in space. These plans are all reliant on the future progress of this technology. The von Neumann probe is a conceptual illustration of one hypothetical example of such a machine. In addition to this, Von Neumann worked on a project that he referred to as the universal constructor. This was a self-replicating machine that would be capable of evolving, and it was an environment that was codified using cellular automata. Notably, Von Neumann's Self-Reproducing Automata scheme proposed that in order for open-ended evolution to occur, inherited information must be copied and passed on to offspring in a manner that is distinct from the self-replicating machine. This realization came before Watson and Crick's discovery of the structure of the DNA molecule and how it is independently translated and replicated in the cell.

How You Will Benefit

(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:

Chapter 1: Self-replicating machine

Chapter 2: Molecular nanotechnology

Chapter 3: Robert Freitas

Chapter 4: Ralph Merkle

Chapter 5: Self-replication

Chapter 6: Von Neumann universal constructor

Chapter 7: Self-replicating spacecraft

Chapter 8: Molecular assembler

Chapter 9: Mechanosynthesis

Chapter 10: Nanorobotics

(II) Answering the public top questions about self replicating machine.

(III) Real world examples for the usage of self replicating machine in many fields.

(IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of self replicating machine' technologies.

Who This Book Is For

Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of self replicating machine.