Determining Molecular Complexity using Assembly Theory and Spectroscopy

no code implementations • 24 Feb 2023 • Michael Jirasek, Abhishek Sharma, Jessica R. Bame, S. Hessam M. Mehr, Nicola Bell, Stuart M. Marshall, Cole Mathis, Alasdair Macleod, Geoffrey J. T. Cooper, Marcel Swart, Rosa Mollfulleda, Leroy Cronin

Determining the complexity of molecules has important applications from molecular design to understanding the history of the process that led to the formation of the molecule.

Quantifying the pathways to life using assembly spaces

no code implementations • 6 Jul 2019 • Stuart M. Marshall, Douglas Moore, Alastair R. G. Murray, Sara I. Walker, Leroy Cronin

To quantify this information in an agnostic way, we present a method to determine the amount of pathway assembly information contained within such an object by deconstructing the object into its irreducible parts, and then evaluating the minimum number of steps to reconstruct the object along any pathway.

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Exploration of Self-Propelling Droplets Using a Curiosity Driven Robotic Assistant

no code implementations • 22 Apr 2019 • Jonathan Grizou, Laurie J. Points, Abhishek Sharma, Leroy Cronin

We describe a chemical robotic assistant equipped with a curiosity algorithm (CA) that can efficiently explore the state a complex chemical system can exhibit.

Hardware and Software manual for Evolution of Oil Droplets in a Chemo-Robotic Platform

no code implementations • 7 Nov 2014 • Juan Manuel Parrilla Gutierrez, Trevor Hinkley, James Taylor, Kliment Yanev, Leroy Cronin

This manual outlines a fully automated liquid handling robot to enable physically-embodied evolution within a chemical oil-droplet system.