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Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems

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

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Editors:
  1. Armin Duff

    1. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

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  2. Nathan F. Lepora

    1. University of Bristol, UK

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  3. Anna Mura

    1. University of Pompeau Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

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  4. Tony J. Prescott

    1. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

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  5. Paul F. M. J. Verschure

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

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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)

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Table of contents (59 papers)

  1. Full Papers

    1. Change of Network Dynamics in a Neuro-robotic System

      • Irene Nava, Jacopo Tessadori, Michela Chiappalone
      Pages 225-237

    2. Enhanced Locomotion of a Spherical Robot Based on the Sea-urchin Characteristics

      • Jorge Ocampo-Jiménez, Angelica Muñoz-Meléndez, Gustavo Rodríguez-Gómez
      Pages 238-248

    3. Design of a Control Architecture for Habit Learning in Robots

      • Erwan Renaudo, Benoît Girard, Raja Chatila, Mehdi Khamassi
      Pages 249-260

    4. Dynamic Model of a Jet-Propelled Soft Robot Inspired by the Octopus Mantle

      • Federico Renda, Frederic Boyer, Cecilia Laschi
      Pages 261-272

    5. Hippocampal Based Model Reveals the Distinct Roles of Dentate Gyrus and CA3 during Robotic Spatial Navigation

      • Diogo Santos Pata, Alex Escuredo, Stéphane Lallée, Paul F. M. J. Verschure
      Pages 273-283

    6. Trajectory Control Strategy for Anthropomorphic Robotic Finger

      • Shouhei Shirafuji, Shuhei Ikemoto, Koh Hosoda
      Pages 284-295

    7. Neuromechanical Mantis Model Replicates Animal Postures via Biological Neural Models

      • Nicholas S. Szczecinski, Joshua P. Martin, Roy E. Ritzmann, Roger D. Quinn
      Pages 296-307

    8. A Natural Movement Database for Management, Documentation, Visualization, Mining and Modeling of Locomotion Experiments

      • Leslie M. Theunissen, Michael Hertrich, Cord Wiljes, Eduard Zell, Christian Behler, André F. Krause et al.
      Pages 308-319

    9. Benchmarking Human-Like Posture and Locomotion of Humanoid Robots: A Preliminary Scheme

      • Diego Torricelli, Rahman S. M. Mizanoor, Jose Gonzalez, Vittorio Lippi, Georg Hettich, Lorenz Asslaender et al.
      Pages 320-331

    10. The Influence of Behavioral Complexity on Robot Perception

      • Vasiliki Vouloutsi, Klaudia Grechuta, Stéphane Lallée, Paul F. M. J. Verschure
      Pages 332-343

    11. Design and Control of a Tunable Compliance Actuator

      • Victoria Webster, Ronald Leibach, Alexander Hunt, Richard Bachmann, Roger D. Quinn
      Pages 344-355

    12. An Experimental Eye-Tracking Study for the Design of a Context-Dependent Social Robot Blinking Model

      • Abolfazl Zaraki, Maryam Banitalebi Dehkordi, Daniele Mazzei, Danilo De Rossi
      Pages 356-366

  2. Extended Abstracts

    1. Motor Learning and Body Size within an Insect Brain Computational Model

      • Paolo Arena, Luca Patané, Roland Strauss
      Pages 367-369

    2. Effects of Gaze Synchronization in Human-Robot Interaction

      • Stavroula Bampatzia, Vasiliki Vouloutsi, Klaudia Grechuta, Stéphane Lallée, Paul F. M. J. Verschure
      Pages 370-373

    3. Individual Differences and Biohybrid Societies

      • Emily C. Collins, Tony J. Prescott
      Pages 374-376

    4. Programming Living Machines: The Case Study of Escherichia Coli

      • Jole Costanza, Luca Zammataro, Giuseppe Nicosia
      Pages 377-379

    5. Force Contribution of Single Leg Joints in a Walking Hexapod

      • Chris J. Dallmann, Josef Schmitz
      Pages 380-382

    6. High Resolution Tactile Sensors for Curved Robotic Fingertips

      • Alin Drimus, Vince Jankovics, Matija Gorsic, Stefan Mátéfi-Tempfli
      Pages 383-385

    7. Adhesive Stress Distribution Measurement on a Gecko

      • Eric V. Eason, Elliot W. Hawkes, Marc Windheim, David L. Christensen, Thomas Libby, Mark R. Cutkosky
      Pages 386-388

    8. Design of an Articulation Mechanism for an Infant-like Vocal Robot “Lingua”

      • Nobutsuna Endo, Tomohiro Kojima, Yuki Sasamoto, Hisashi Ishihara, Takato Horii, Minoru Asada
      Pages 389-391
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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

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