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Autotrophic replicators can reproduce themselves "in the wild". They mine their own materials. It is conjectured that non-biological autotrophic replicators could be designed by humans, and could easily accept specifications for human products. In 2001, Peter Ward mentioned an escaped clanking replicator destroying the human race in his book Future Evolution. Chirikjian, Gregory S. (2004-04-26). "An Architecture for Self-Replicating Lunar Factories" (PDF) . Retrieved 2007-01-04.

Greenwalt said the initiative should focus on “three things: money, production lines at full capacity and how to deliver these.” Replicator equation, a deterministic monotone non-linear and non-innovative game dynamic used in evolutionary game theory Clark said that Replicator should pursue adaptability and not focus on mass. The Defense Department should try to reduce its predictability and this initiative is one way to do that. Specifically, Replicator should focus on operational innovation and improve the way it does analysis, he saidMieke Schüller (2 October 2005). Star Trek - The Americanization of Space. GRIN Verlag. p.5. ISBN 978-3-638-42309-0. Advanced Automation for Space Missions [ edit ] An artist's conception of a "self-growing" robotic lunar factory A more speculative, more complex microchip fabricator was specified to produce the computer and electronic systems, but the designers also said that it might prove practical to ship the chips from Earth as if they were "vitamins." Biology: studies of organismal and cellular natural replication and replicators, and their interaction, including sub-disciplines such as population dynamics, quorum sensing, autophagy pathways. These can be an important guide to avoid design difficulties in self-replicating machinery. Freitas, Robert; Merkle, Ralph (2004). "Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines - Freitas-Merkle Map of the Kinematic Replicator Design Space (2003–2004)" . Retrieved 2013-06-29.

Self-Replicating Automated Industrial Factory (1973-present)". Molecularassembler.com. 2005-08-01 . Retrieved 2009-09-16. Romulan replicators left distinctive patterns in the molecular structure of items they produced. ( TNG: " The Mind's Eye") Replicator is a Defense Department initiative with a goal to “field attritable autonomous systems at scale of multiple thousands, in multiple domains, within the next 18-to-24 months” and serve as an innovation playbook. The initiative — announced in August — will use “existing funding, existing programming lines and existing authorities to accelerate production and delivery at scale.” Macroscopic replicators are mentioned briefly in the fourth chapter of K. Eric Drexler's 1986 book Engines of Creation. [7]

Freitas-Merkle Map of the Kinematic Replicator Design Space (2003-2004)". Molecularassembler.com. 2005-08-01 . Retrieved 2009-09-16. Starfleet's safety protocols prevent unauthorized replication of dangerous objects, such as weapons and poisonous substances. [4] Toth-Fejel Kinematic Cellular Automata (2003-2004)". Molecularassembler.com . Retrieved 2009-09-16. Todd, Paul (2006-07-06). "Robotic Lunar Ecopoiesis Test Bed" (PDF) . Retrieved 2007-01-04. (phase II report) A replicator, replicator system, replication system, or molecular synthesizer was a device that used matter-energy conversion technology similar to a transporter to produce almost anything from a ship's replicator reserves. ( TNG: " Lonely Among Us", " Deja Q"; DS9: " Visionary"; VOY: " Virtuoso"; ENT: " Dead Stop") It was also capable of inverting its function, thus recycling the item. ( DS9: " Hard Time", " The Assignment", " The Ascent", " Prophet Motive", " Nor the Battle to the Strong"; VOY: " Memorial", " Fair Haven", " Mortal Coil") Items thus disposed of served to fuel the replicator and could potentially become other items in turn. ( VOY: " Year of Hell") A replicator that was installed primarily for the purpose of replicating food was referred to as a food replicator, food synthesizer, food dispenser, or food slot, while one installed for replicating beverages was referred to as a drink replicator.

For example, Greenwalt said Replicator should be taken outside of the acquisition and budget bureaucracy and rules to help it succeed. Furthermore, it needs agile acquisition and budgeting practices and should utilize other transaction authorities. Dyson Terraforming Replicators (1970, 1979)". Molecularassembler.com. 2005-08-01 . Retrieved 2009-09-16. For a detailed article on mechanical reproduction as it relates to the industrial age see mass production. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., said that comparing Replicator to what Ukraine has done should be a metric for how successful the initiative is.Gregory Chirikjian ( Johns Hopkins University), "Architecture for Unmanned Self-Replicating Lunar Factories" [35] Lipson, Hod; Evan Malone. "Autonomous Self-Extending Machines for Accelerating Space Exploration" (PDF) . Retrieved 2007-01-04.

Metzger, Philip; Muscatello, Anthony; Mueller, Robert; Mantovani, James (January 2013). "Affordable, Rapid Bootstrapping of the Space Industry and Solar System Civilization". Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 26 (1): 18–29. arXiv: 1612.03238. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0000236. S2CID 53336745. In 1956 mathematician Edward F. Moore proposed the first known suggestion for a practical real-world self-replicating machine, also published in Scientific American. [23] [24] Moore's "artificial living plants" were proposed as machines able to use air, water and soil as sources of raw materials and to draw its energy from sunlight via a solar battery or a steam engine. He chose the seashore as an initial habitat for such machines, giving them easy access to the chemicals in seawater, and suggested that later generations of the machine could be designed to float freely on the ocean's surface as self-replicating factory barges or to be placed in barren desert terrain that was otherwise useless for industrial purposes. The self-replicators would be "harvested" for their component parts, to be used by humanity in other non-replicating machines.Self-assembling systems assemble copies of themselves from finished, delivered parts. Simple examples of such systems have been demonstrated at the macro scale.