抄録
Natural computing is an unconventional information processing scheme that utilizes various dynamics in
nature, including natural substances and nature-inspired computing algorithms. In this article, we
introduce maze exploration by natural substances and phenomena and describe our implementation of
novel maze exploration by a two-dimensional optical bistable device. In addition, our amoeba-inspired
algorithm to solve a combinatorial optimization problem is introduced, and its implementations in a
network of nanophotonic quantum dots are described.
