A new kind of machines, Riedel-finite-machine cells
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This work introduces the concept of finite-machine-cells (FMC's): discrete, receptor-based mechanical units whose collective behavior arises not from continuous calculus, but from the threshold dynamics of finite interactions. Each FMC is defined by finite-machine-receptors (FMR's) that can register to-them-specific- thresholds, thermal, mechanical, chemical, or temporal etc. thereby extending the binary 'either/or' logic of Claude E. Shannon or Leibniz formalized binary, the Charles Babbage Computer or Turing Machines in general, into a multi-modal (receptors)logic of finite states. Networks of such cells produce outputs irreducible to the sum of sub-outputs, paralleling, but not derived from, the architecture of biological cells and neurons. The framework originates in the Universal Concept of Finite Repetance (UCFR), a discrete reformation of mathematical foundations, and thereby constitutes an engineering paradigm not reliant on Newtonian continuity. Whereas current machines are monolithic assemblies of receptorless parts, FMCs embody modularity, locality, and emergent design, enabling machines to operate in domains inaccessible to conventional methods (e.g. extreme planetary environments, non-photovoltaic energy harvesting). The FMC concept suggests that just as biology realized complex function through cellular repetition, technology can realize new architectures by grounding machine logic in finitude rather than continuity. This reframing provides a foundation for machines whose principles are as general as those of biological living (self-asswmbling, self-replicating) systems, yet independent of carbon-based replication.
Author: Riedel, Bjørn Leon Søren
Language: English
Subfield: Computational Theory and Mathematics
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7075881571
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