Self-Replicating Mechanical Universal Turing Machine

Abstract: This paper presents the implementation of a self-replicating finite-state machine (FSM) and a self-replicating Turing Machine (TM) using bio-inspired mechanisms. Building on previous work that introduced self-replicating structures capable of sorting, copying, and reading information, this study demonstrates the computational power of these mechanisms by explicitly constructing a functioning FSM and TM. This study demonstrates the universality of the system by emulating the UTM(5,5) of Neary and Woods.