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Ensemble axiom

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The ensemble axiom proposes that cooperation within an ensemble permits extreme simplification of the parts and enhances the operation of the ensemble.^[1]

This term is used within a research area called self-reconfiguring modular robotics, and specifically within claytronics, where it is stated as: A catom includes only enough functionality to contribute to the functionality desired in the claytronic ensemble.^[2]

References

• The Robot is the Tether: Active, Adaptive Power Routing for Modular Robots With Unary Inter-robot Connectors by Jason Campbell, Padmanabhan Pillai and Seth Copen Goldstein https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~seth/The%20robot%20is%20the%20tether.pdf
• Claytronics Research Building synthetic reality from technological concept to engineered project https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~claytronics/claytronics/creating.html

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