Regulator

A regulator is an object that converts input gliders aligned to some period to output gliders aligned to a different period. The most interesting case is a universal regulator.

Universal regulator

A universal regulator is a regulator in which the incoming gliders are aligned to period 1, that is, they have arbitrary timing (subject to some minimum time required for the regulator to recover from the previous glider).

Paul Chapman constructed the first universal regulator in March 2003. It is adjustable, so that the output can be aligned to any desired period.

External links

• Regulator at the Life Lexicon