Figures & data
Figure 2. Example of programmable matter using cubes (Rus & Vona, Citation2001)
![Figure 2. Example of programmable matter using cubes (Rus & Vona, Citation2001)](/cms/asset/45eb9f93-6ae9-404b-b297-289ad8c84eb3/oaen_a_1889110_f0002_oc.jpg)
Figure 6. The “virtuous” circle of the systemic approach (simulation also includes experimentation in connection with)
![Figure 6. The “virtuous” circle of the systemic approach (simulation also includes experimentation in connection with)](/cms/asset/d4a004ac-62c9-4560-ae16-a8f6be5edcd8/oaen_a_1889110_f0006_oc.jpg)
Figure 10. Thermally excited actuator made of shape memory polymer and 3D printed with stereo-lithography technique (image provided by Ge, Qi et al. (Citation2016) and Ge, Sakhaei et al. (Citation2016))
![Figure 10. Thermally excited actuator made of shape memory polymer and 3D printed with stereo-lithography technique (image provided by Ge, Qi et al. (Citation2016) and Ge, Sakhaei et al. (Citation2016))](/cms/asset/2916ba2b-8713-4217-9cea-99b9427287c2/oaen_a_1889110_f0010_oc.jpg)
Figure 12. Leduc’s osmotic productions (copy of Thuillier (Citation1980); see also Eastes et al., (Citation2009); Haudin et al. (Citation2018); Leduc (Citation1912, Citation1910); Whitesides & Grzybowski (Citation2002))
![Figure 12. Leduc’s osmotic productions (copy of Thuillier (Citation1980); see also Eastes et al., (Citation2009); Haudin et al. (Citation2018); Leduc (Citation1912, Citation1910); Whitesides & Grzybowski (Citation2002))](/cms/asset/851b1017-6ffa-48eb-abd5-cdc4c5cdd309/oaen_a_1889110_f0012_b.gif)
Table 1. Examples of linkages between top-down and bottom-up approaches