Construction Automation with Bio-Inspired Hierarchical Extremely Modular Systems

Ela Zawidzka; Machi Zawidzki

doi:10.14313/jamris-2025-015

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Construction Automation with Bio-Inspired Hierarchical Extremely Modular Systems

Journal of Automation, Mobile Robotics and Intelligent Systems

Volume 19 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)

By: Ela Zawidzka and Machi Zawidzki

Open Access

|Jun 2025

Abstract

This paper presents the concept of hierarchical extremely modular systems (EMS). The biology-inspired nomenclature, genetic encoding, and operations for this class of structures are introduced and illustrated with various examples. Four mutation types are introduced and briefly analyzed. A relatively good convergence of the evolution strategy-based algorithm applied for optimization of EMS is shown.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14313/jamris-2025-015 | Journal eISSN: 2080-2145 | Journal ISSN: 1897-8649

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Language: English

Page range: 59 - 64

Submitted on: Jan 4, 2024

Accepted on: Apr 4, 2024

Published on: Jun 26, 2025

Published by: Łukasiewicz Research Network – Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

evolution strategy,

discrete structure encoding,

extremely modular system,

multi-branch structure

Related subjects:

Computer sciences,

Artificial intelligence,

Engineering,

Electrical engineering,

Control engineering, metrology and testing,

Mechanical engineering,

Fundamentals of mechanical engineering

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