NINDI: Morphogenic Modeling via Spatial Phase Automata — Emergent Coacervate Structures and Phase-Gated Steering in Mobile Kuramoto Networks

This paper introduces NINDI (Non-symbolic Internal-phase Navigation for Dynamical Individuals), a continuous spatial automaton framework designed to model non-symbolic embodied intelligence and cellular morphogenesis without centralized control or explicit symbolic rules (if/switch). By coupling local Kuramoto phase dissonance directly to heading turning torques under a strict constant cruising speed constraint ($S$), the system induces the spontaneous multicellular self-assembly of active agents into stable coacervates (NINDIs). Within these emergent entities, perimeter particles radially align their velocity vectors outward ($A_{rad}^{perim} \approx 0.95$), stabilizing macro-scale structural equilibrium through balanced kinetic boundary thrust. Furthermore, the system establishes a soft phase-gated boundary that selectively permits resonant assimilation or enforces elastic scattering based on contact phase alignment. This release includes both a serverless HTML5/JavaScript web laboratory and a high-throughput parallel PyTorch CUDA backend for reproducible research in continuous spatial automata and active matter.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-11-07
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24028986
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Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
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NINDI: Morphogenic Modeling via Spatial Phase Automata — Emergent Coacervate Structures and Phase-Gated Steering in Mobile Kuramoto Networks

Alicia Colmenero-Fernández
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
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NINDI: Morphogenic Modeling via Spatial Phase Automata — Emergent Coacervate Structures and Phase-Gated Steering in Mobile Kuramoto Networks

Alicia Colmenero-Fernández
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This paper introduces NINDI (Non-symbolic Internal-phase Navigation for Dynamical Individuals), a continuous spatial automaton framework designed to model non-symbolic embodied intelligence and cellular morphogenesis without centralized control or explicit symbolic rules (if/switch). By coupling local Kuramoto phase dissonance directly to heading turning torques under a strict constant cruising speed constraint ($S$), the system induces the spontaneous multicellular self-assembly of active agents into stable coacervates (NINDIs). Within these emergent entities, perimeter particles radially align their velocity vectors outward ($A_{rad}^{perim} \approx 0.95$), stabilizing macro-scale structural equilibrium through balanced kinetic boundary thrust. Furthermore, the system establishes a soft phase-gated boundary that selectively permits resonant assimilation or enforces elastic scattering based on contact phase alignment. This release includes both a serverless HTML5/JavaScript web laboratory and a high-throughput parallel PyTorch CUDA backend for reproducible research in continuous spatial automata and active matter.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Universidad de Jaén (ES)
Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
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