Self-regulated intelligent systems: where adaptive entities meet chemical oscillators

Abstract

In a world where adaptive entities meet chemical oscillators, materials are in autonomic motion and assembly systems are completely self-regulated! We review herein the key challenges and new trends at the interface of the fields of adaptive entities and chemical oscillators, where the adaptive entities exhibit autonomous, reversible and periodical variation without any external stimuli. Particular attention is paid to the design philosophy of the recently reported autonomic actuators and self-regulated assembly systems.