Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Full Papers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Feed-Forward Selection of Cerebellar Models for Calibration of Robot Sound Source Localization

      • M. D. Baxendale, M. Nibouche, E. L. Secco, A. G. Pipe, M. J. Pearson

      Pages 3-14

   3. Determination of Artificial Muscle Placement for Biomimetic Humanoid Robot Legs

      • Ben P. Bolen, Alexander J. Hunt

      Pages 15-26

   4. Speedy Whegs Climbs Obstacles Slowly and Runs at 44 km/hour

      • William Breckwoldt, Richard Bachmann, Ronald Leibach, Roger Quinn

      Pages 27-37

   5. Automatic Calibration of Artificial Neural Networks for Zebrafish Collective Behaviours Using a Quality Diversity Algorithm

      • Leo Cazenille, Nicolas Bredeche, José Halloy

      Pages 38-50

   6. Affective Visuomotor Interaction: A Functional Model for Socially Competent Robot Grasping

      • Eris Chinellato, Gabriele Ferretti, Lucy Irving

      Pages 51-62

   7. Measuring the Effectiveness of Biomimetic Robots as Therapeutic Tools: Translating the Felt Security Scale from English to Japanese

      • Emily C. Collins, Tony J. Prescott, Yoichiro Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ishiguro

      Pages 63-75

   8. MiniBee: A Minature MAV for the Biomimetic Embodiment of Insect Brain Models

      • Alex J. Cope, Ali Ahmed, Fadl Isa, James A. R. Marshall

      Pages 76-87

   9. Bio-inspired Stochastic Growth and Initialization for Artificial Neural Networks

      • Kevin Dai, Amir Barati Farimani, Victoria A. Webster-Wood

      Pages 88-100

   10. Characterization of Biomimetic Peristaltic Pumping System Based on Flexible Silicone Soft Robotic Actuators as an Alternative for Technical Pumps

       • Falk Esser, Friederike Krüger, Tom Masselter, Thomas Speck

       Pages 101-113

   11. Adaptive Biomimetic Actuator Systems Reacting to Various Stimuli by and Combining Two Biological Snap-Trap Mechanics

       • Falk Esser, Frank D. Scherag, Simon Poppinga, Anna Westermeier, Max D. Mylo, Tim Kampowski et al.

       Pages 114-121

   12. Rose-Inspired Micro-device with Variable Stiffness for Remotely Controlled Release of Objects in Robotics

       • Isabella Fiorello, Fabian Meder, Omar Tricinci, Carlo Filippeschi, Barbara Mazzolai

       Pages 122-133

   13. Robotic Simulator of Vocal Fold Paralysis

       • Maria Elena Giannaccini, Andrew Hinitt, Edward Gough, Andrew Stinchcombe, Keren Yue, Andrew Conn et al.

       Pages 134-145

   14. Drosophibot: A Fruit Fly Inspired Bio-Robot

       • Clarissa Goldsmith, Nicholas Szczecinski, Roger Quinn

       Pages 146-157

   15. Crab-Like Hexapod Feet for Amphibious Walking in Sand and Waves

       • Nicole M. Graf, Alexander M. Behr, Kathryn A. Daltorio

       Pages 158-170

   16. Highly-Integrated Muscle-Spindles for Pneumatic Artificial Muscles Made from Conductive Fabrics

       • Arne Hitzmann, Shuhei Ikemoto, Koh Hosoda

       Pages 171-182

   17. Insect Behavior as High-Sensitive Olfactory Sensor for Robotic Odor Tracking

       • Junji Horibe, Noriyasu Ando, Ryohei Kanzaki

       Pages 183-192

   18. Foveated Image Processing for Faster Object Detection and Recognition in Embedded Systems Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

       • Uziel Jaramillo-Avila, Sean R. Anderson

       Pages 193-204

   19. Design, Optimization and Characterization of Bio-Hybrid Actuators Based on 3D-Bioprinted Skeletal Muscle Tissue

       • Rafael Mestre, Tania Patiño, Maria Guix, Xavier Barceló, Samuel Sanchez

       Pages 205-215

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Living Machines 2019, held in Nara, Japan, in July 2019. The 26 full and 16 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. They deal with research on novel life-like technologies inspired by the scientific investigation of biological systems, biomimetics, and research that seeks to interface biological and artificial systems to create biohybrid systems. 

• artificial intelligence
• biomimetics
• computer architecture
• human robot interaction
• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
• humanoid robot
• image processing
• learning algorithms
• mobile robots
• multipurpose robots
• neural networks
• quadruped robots
• reinforcement learning
• robot learning
• robotics
• robots
• sensor
• sensors
• swarm robotics
• user interfaces

• University of Bath, Bath, UK

  Uriel Martinez-Hernandez

• SPECS, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

  Vasiliki Vouloutsi, Anna Mura

• University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

  Michael Mangan, Tony J. Prescott

• Osaka University, Suita, Japan

  Minoru Asada

• SPECS, ICREA, BIST, Barcelona, Spain

  Paul F.M.J. Verschure

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