Programmable Matter Research
Research into modular, reconfigurable, or computation-bearing materials whose shape or physical properties can be changed under program control.
Core metadata
- ID: materials_science_exotic
- Era: Future
- First known date: 2035 (unknown)
- Region: Forecast / not yet broadly established
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: forecast
Prerequisites
- Advanced Materials Science (advanced_materials_science)
- Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) (micro_electromechanical_systems_mems)
- Nanotechnology (nanotechnology)
- Advanced Swarm Robotics (swarm_robotics_advanced)
Dependents
Fields
Field lanes
- Materials Science & Manufacturing: Roadmap
Node sources
- Programmable Matter: Concepts and Realization (Physica D, 1991, primary_paper) • Supports: node, maturity, roadmap
- Modular Reconfigurable Robotics (Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 2018, review) • Supports: node, maturity, roadmap
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 4
- Average edge confidence: 35%
- Prerequisite sources: 4
- speculative: 4
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
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| Advanced Materials Science (advanced_materials_science) | speculative | 35% | speculative | Advanced Materials Science is a plausible dependency for a forecast technology and should be treated as speculative. |
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| Nanotechnology (nanotechnology) | speculative | 35% | speculative | Nanotechnology is a plausible dependency for a forecast technology and should be treated as speculative. |
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| Advanced Swarm Robotics (swarm_robotics_advanced) | speculative | 35% | speculative | Advanced Swarm Robotics is a plausible dependency for a forecast technology and should be treated as speculative. |
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| Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) (micro_electromechanical_systems_mems) | speculative | 35% | speculative | Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) is a plausible dependency for a forecast technology and should be treated as speculative. |
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