A crucial feature of evolving natural systems is parallelism. The simultaneous and distributed application of rules (governed by e.g. biochemistry) is generally considered as the preposition to build up complex structures. In this article, the potential of agent-based modelling equipped with a concurrent rewriting rule system for artificial evolution is investigated. The task given to the syste...

Polarised neutrons (A = 0.47 nm) are transmitted through sputtered CoCr films. From the measured diagonal elements of the depolarisation matrix it appears that the effective thickness her ~ of the films is about 50% of the actual thickness. When a soft magnetic NiFe film is deposited before or after deposition of the CoCr, he, is 67 and 60% of the actual thickness, respectively, due to the disa...

Polarised neutrons (A = 0.47 nm) are transmitted through sputtered CoCr films. From the measured diagonal elements of the depolarisation matrix it appears that the effective thickness her ~ of the films is about 50% of the actual thickness. When a soft magnetic NiFe film is deposited before or after deposition of the CoCr, he, is 67 and 60% of the actual thickness, respectively, due to the disa...

The purpose of this paper is to design and optimize an intelligent fuzzy-logic controller for a three-degree of freedom (3DOF) artificial finger with shape-memory alloy (SMA) wire actuators. The robotic finger is constructed using three SMA wires as tendons to bend each phalanx of the finger around its revolute joint and three torsion springs which return the phalanxes to their original positio...