Reconfigurable POEtic Tissuehttp://www.poetictissue.org/

Project start and duration: September 1, 2001, 36 months.

IST-2000-28027 POETIC Reconfigurable POEtic Tissue

Andy Tyrrell

University of York, UKTechnical University of Catalunya, EUniversity of Glasgow, UKUniversity of Lausanne, CHSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, CH

Reconfigurable POEtic Tissuehttp://www.poetictissue.org/

The goal of the POEtic project is the development of a flexible computational substrate inspired by the evolutionary, developmental and learning phases in biological systems.

Objective of the project

Reconfigurable POEtic Tissuehttp://www.poetictissue.org/

POEtic Bio-inspiration

Phylogeny (P) - Evolution

Epigenesis (E) - Learning

Ontogeny (O) - Development

0,0 0,20,1

1,0 1,21,1

2,0 2,22,1

Embryonics

Evolutionary Computation

Spiking NN, Immunotronics

Reconfigurable POEtic Tissuehttp://www.poetictissue.org/

Reconfigurable POEtic Tissuehttp://www.poetictissue.org/

The POEtic tissue will be a cellular surface composed of a variable number of elements, or cells.

Each cell of the tissue will have the same basic structure, but will be able to acquire different functionalities, as "totipotent cells" in living organisms.

Within such structure, groups of cells will be able to co-operate to realise a given task, giving rise to substructures not unlike organs in living beings.

Expected achievement

Reconfigurable POEtic Tissuehttp://www.poetictissue.org/

Impact

Reconfigurable POEtic Tissuehttp://www.poetictissue.org/

Action that FET might launch

• Complex Systems• Bio-inspired Systems• Beyond living artefacts