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JOURNAL OF MECHANISMS AND ROBOTICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
Volume 10, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
ASME
DOI: 10.1115/1.4041209
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A new model for mechanical computing is demonstrated that requires only two basic parts, links, and rotary joints. These basic parts are combined into two main higher level structures, locks, and balances, and suffice to create all necessary combinatorial and sequential logic required for a Turing-complete computational system. While working systems have yet to be implemented using this new approach, the mechanical simplicity of the systems described may lend themselves better to, e.g., microfabrication, than previous mechanical computing designs. Additionally, simulations indicate that if molecularscale implementations could be realized, they would be far more energy-efficient than conventional electronic computers.
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