Programmable matter as a cyber-physical conjugation

Julien Bourgeois (1) , Benoit Piranda (1) , André Naz (1) , Thadeu Tucci (1) , Hakim Mabed (1) , Dominique Dhoutaut (1) , Nicolas Boillot (1) , Hicham Lakhlef (2)

1 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)
2 ASAP - As Scalable As Possible: foundations of large scale dynamic distributed systems

Programmable matter i.e. matter that can change its physical properties, more likely its shape according to an internal or an external action is a good example of a cybermatics component. As it links a cyberized shape to real matter, it is a straight example of cyber-physical conjugation. But, this interaction between virtual and real worlds needs two elements. The first one is to find a way to represent the cyberized object using programmable matter and the second is to be able to adapt the matter to the cyberized changes. This article presents the progresses made in these two topics within the Claytronics project.

Domaines: Cryptographie et sécurité [cs.CR]; Calcul parallèle, distribué et partagé [cs.DC]; Technologies Émergeantes [cs.ET]; Informatique ubiquitaire; Système multi-agents [cs.MA]; Modélisation et simulation; Génie logiciel [cs.SE]

Julien Bourgeois, Benoit Piranda, André Naz, Thadeu Tucci, Hakim Mabed, et al.. Programmable matter as a cyber-physical conjugation. International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Oct 2016, Budapest, Hungary. ⟨10.1109/SMC.2016.7844687⟩. ⟨hal-02140347⟩