Universal constructor

A universal constructor may refer to

• Universal assembler, a hypothesized nanotechnology device for building a large class of nanomachines including itself, or
• Von Neumann universal constructor, an abstract device capable of constructing all constructible artifacts of an environment. The notion of same, as described by John Von Neumann via his kinematic (robotic) and tessellation (cellular automata) models.

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