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Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems

Third International Conference, Living Machines 2014, Milan, Italy, July 30--August 1, 2014, Proceedings

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 8608)

Part of the book sub series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI)

Conference series link(s): Living Machines: Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems

Conference proceedings info: Living Machines 2014.

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Table of contents (59 papers)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Full Papers

    1. Monolithic Design and Fabrication of a 2-DOF Bio-Inspired Leg Transmission

      • Daniel M. Aukes, Önur Ozcan, Robert J. Wood
      Pages 1-10
    2. Optimization of the Anticipatory Reflexes of a Computational Model of the Cerebellum

      • Santiago Brandi, Ivan Herreros, Paul F. M. J. Verschure
      Pages 11-22
    3. Evolving Optimal Swimming in Different Fluids: A Study Inspired by batoid Fishes

      • Vito Cacucciolo, Francesco Corucci, Matteo Cianchetti, Cecilia Laschi
      Pages 23-34
    4. Bipedal Walking of an Octopus-Inspired Robot

      • Marcello Calisti, Francesco Corucci, Andrea Arienti, Cecilia Laschi
      Pages 35-46
    5. Action Selection within Short Time Windows

      • Holk Cruse, Malte Schilling
      Pages 47-58
    6. Modelling Legged Robot Multi-Body Dynamics Using Hierarchical Virtual Prototype Design

      • Mariapaola D’Imperio, Ferdinando Cannella, Fei Chen, Daniele Catelani, Claudio Semini, Darwin G. Caldwell
      Pages 59-71
    7. How Cockroaches Employ Wall-Following for Exploration

      • Kathryn A. Daltorio, Brian T. Mirletz, Andrea Sterenstein, Jui Chun Cheng, Adam Watson, Malavika Kesavan et al.
      Pages 72-83
    8. Machines Learning - Towards a New Synthetic Autobiographical Memory

      • Mathew H. Evans, Charles W. Fox, Tony J. Prescott
      Pages 84-96
    9. A Phase-Shifting Double-Wheg-Module for Realization of Wheg-Driven Robots

      • Max Fremerey, Sebastian Köhring, Omar Nassar, Manuel Schöne, Karl Weinmeister, Felix Becker et al.
      Pages 97-107
    10. Design Principles for Cooperative Robots with Uncertainty-Aware and Resource-Wise Adaptive Behavior

      • Carlos García-Saura, Francisco de Borja Rodríguez, Pablo Varona
      Pages 108-117
    11. Insect-Inspired Tactile Contour Sampling Using Vibration-Based Robotic Antennae

      • Thierry Hoinville, Nalin Harischandra, André F. Krause, Volker Dürr
      Pages 118-129
    12. Neuromechanical Simulation of an Inter-leg Controller for Tetrapod Coordination

      • Alexander Hunt, Manuela Schmidt, Martin Fischer, Roger D. Quinn
      Pages 142-153
    13. A Minimum Attention Control Law for Ball Catching

      • Cheongjae Jang, Jee-eun Lee, Sohee Lee, Frank C. Park
      Pages 154-165
    14. Simulated Neural Dynamics Produces Adaptive Stepping and Stable Transitions in a Robotic Leg

      • Matthew A. Klein, Nicholas S. Szczecinski, Roy E. Ritzmann, Roger D. Quinn
      Pages 166-177
    15. Blending in with the Shoal: Robotic Fish Swarms for Investigating Strategies of Group Formation in Guppies

      • Tim Landgraf, Hai Nguyen, Joseph Schröer, Angelika Szengel, Romain J. G. Clément, David Bierbach et al.
      Pages 178-189
    16. Capturing Stochastic Insect Movements with Liquid State Machines

      • Alexander Lonsberry, Kathryn Daltorio, Roger D. Quinn
      Pages 190-201
    17. Acquisition of Synergistic Motor Responses through Cerebellar Learning in a Robotic Postural Task

      • Giovanni Maffei, Marti Sanchez-Fibla, Ivan Herreros, Paul F. M. J. Verschure
      Pages 202-212
    18. I-CLIPS Brain: A Hybrid Cognitive System for Social Robots

      • Daniele Mazzei, Lorenzo Cominelli, Nicole Lazzeri, Abolfazl Zaraki, Danilo De Rossi
      Pages 213-224

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About this book

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Living Machines 2014, held in Milan, Italy, in July/August 2014.

The 31 full papers and 27 extended abstracts included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submissions. The topics covered are brain based systems, active sensing, soft robotics, learning, memory, control architectures, self-regulation, movement and locomotion, sensory systems and perception.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

    Armin Duff

  • University of Bristol, UK

    Nathan F. Lepora

  • University of Pompeau Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

    Anna Mura

  • University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

    Tony J. Prescott

  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, Barcelona, Spain

    Paul F. M. J. Verschure

Bibliographic Information

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