A study of bionic autonomous distributed CAD system

Abstract

This paper is an investigation into autonomous distributed CAD systems based on the self-organization function of life, which in the real world is a proficient autonomous distributed mechanism. A cell which is a basis unit of life realizes self-organization by repeating simple "stimulus-reaction" cycles (so called cyclic-loop) to emerge upper level function. As design is defined as a building up the each function of a part to satisfy design specification, self-organization function is useful to implement CAD systems. Although autonomous distributed systems have been an object of study, little attention has been given to constructing CAD systems using a cyclic-loop. This "cyclic-loop" process has been formulized and mapped to artificial systems. An artificial autonomous distributed system with a self-organizational function using a modelon system is proposed; it uses a simple linear feedback mechanism and a random search method. This approach is adapted for a "gear layout" design and experimental results are given.