Mechanical Langton's Ant

This is a mechanical implementation of the mathematical automaton called Langton's Ant. Apologies for the poor video quality - I need more lights or a better camera.
Numberphile video about Langton's Ant: • Langton's Ant - Number...
"Complexity of Langton's Ant", the paper which introduces the logic gates: www.sciencedire...

[@thebrickccentric3728]

This is the single most useful video on Langton's Ant I have seen! Thanks for showing the gates!

[@jeffholtzkener3496]

This is wonderful! I've never thought about LA this way before. Thanks for posting this.

[@randomdatastream]

This is absolutely delightful! What a clever and fun implementation! Thank you so much for sharing.

[@charlesbenca5357]

this is awsome. i've never thinked that it could be possible to make the langton's ant mechanicly. this is simple to understand and work very well.

[@CodeMaker4]

WOW that's way simpler than I thought it would be. Nice

[@anahigajardo7200]

Very amazing!! I always dreamed of making this but my solutions were too complicated, yours is just genius

[@JimMacArthur]

No, I don't sell them sorry. Glad you liked it!

[@enantiodromia]

Nice idea. Could you improve the quality of the sound?

[@JimMacArthur]

I know the audio's bad, sorry! I don't think I can fix it quickly but this video might be due for a complete re-filming.

[@buzwordsalad]

Very nice.

[@dsagman]

genius