May the chemical implementations include physical components like pumps, sensors, stirrers, separators, heaters, etc.?
Yes. Q: May cells be used in the chemical implementations? A: No. Q: May biomolecules be used in the chemical implementations? A: Yes. Q: May computers or computational elements be used in the implementations? A: Yes, but their function should not dominate the complexity of the evolved/adapted system. Q: May the electronic implementations be realized in mechanical systems (robots) that interact with the physical world? Y: Yes, but the proposers should take care to meet the requirements for the numbers of “basic units” or “seeds” required in the metrics. Also, the implementations must evolve thermodynamically so the systems and environments proposed must be able to “translate” thermodynamic variation and selection to the physical scale of the implementation. Q: May the electronic implementations be realized as groups of interacting mechanical devices (“swarm” robotics)? A: Yes, but the proposers should take care to meet the requirements for the numbers of “basic units” or “seeds” requir
