Shuttle

A shuttle is an oscillator in which an unstable object moves back and forth between stabilizing objects. The most well-known and first discovered examples are the queen bee shuttle (which is sometimes referred to as the shuttle) and the twin bees shuttle. A large number of T-tetromino and pre-pulsar shuttles are known, including the p30 Eureka. Reflectors can be used to construct glider shuttles (see relay).

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queen bee shuttle (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

Shuttles often utilize the same stabilization at each end, resulting in an even period oscillator; however, odd-period shuttles, such as the p25 pre-pulsar shuttle, can be formed by using different stabilizations at each end.

Glider shuttle

A glider shuttle is a shuttle in which one or more gliders bounce back and forth between two 180° reflectors.

x = 33, y = 33, rule = B3/S23 16bo$15bobo$10bo4bobo$9bobo2b2ob2o2b2o$10bo3bo5bo2bo$15b3o4bo2bo$8b5o 4bo2bobob2o$7bo4bo5b2o2bo3b2o$6bo2bo11b2o3bo$3bo2bob2o18bo$2bobobo5bo 11b4obo$3bo2bo4bobo4bo5bo4bo$6b2o2bo2bo2bobo7bobo$11b2o4b2o6bo$3b2o20b o3bo$b3obo20b2ob3o$o4bo6bo14bo4bo$b3ob2o6bo13bob3o$3bo3bo3b3o14b2o$7bo 12b2o$4bobo12bo2bo2b2o$3bo4bo10bobo4bo2bo$3bob4o11bo5bobobo$4bo18b2obo 2bo$6bo3b2o11bo2bo$5b2o3bo2b2o5bo4bo$7b2obobo2bo4b5o$7bo2bo4b3o$9bo2bo 5bo3bo$10b2o2b2ob2o2bobo$15bobo4bo$15bobo$16bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 AUTOSTART GPS 25 ZOOM 12 HEIGHT 560 ]]

p50 glider shuttle that reflects two gliders simultaneously (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

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p88 glider shuttle showing different reflection mechanisms at each end (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

See also

• Shuttles (category)

External links

• Shuttle at the Life Lexicon