Design and Implementation of Chemical Reaction Circuits for Molecular Robots with Intelligence

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project Area: Development of Molecular Robots equipped with sensors and intelligence
• Project/Area Number: 24104003
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Science and Engineering
• Research Institution: The University of Electro-Communications
• Principal Investigator: Kobayashi Satoshi 電気通信大学, 大学院情報理工学研究科, 教授 (50251707)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 山下 雅史 九州大学, システム情報科学研究科(研究院, 教授 (00135419) ; 小宮 健 東京工業大学, 総合理工学研究科(研究院), 助教 (20396790) ; 藤本 健造 北陸先端科学技術大学院大学, マテリアルサイエンス研究科, 教授 (90293894) ; 鈴木 泰博 名古屋大学, 情報科学研究科, 准教授 (50292983) ; 原 雄介 国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, その他部局等, 研究員 (90452135)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): Yokomori Takashi 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (60139722) ; Imura Junichi 東京工業大学, 大学院情報理工学研究科, 教授 (50252474) ; Hayami Ken 国立情報学研究所, 情報学プリンシプル研究系, 教授 (20251358) ; Yannick Rondelez 東京大学, 生産技術研究所, 准教授 (10548770)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-06-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 分子ロボット / DNAコンピュータ / 自己組織化 / 知能ロボティクス / 生体生命情報学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, we presented a design methodology of chemical reaction circuits using DNA for molecular robots with intelligence, and chemically implemented a prototype of a molecular robot in collaboration with other teams in "Molecular Robotics" project. Main results include: the development of high speed computing devices equipped with light responsive artificial nucleotides, implementation of an example of chemical reaction circuit which can adopt effectively to changes of environment, and the development of a high performance 1000-fold amplifier which resolved concentration gap problem between devices in molecular robots, and greatly contributed to the implementation of a prototype of molecular robot. We also developed a design theory of "reactive" chemical reaction circuits and theory of distributed computing, both of which are adequate for molecular robots.

Free Research Field

計算機科学