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Morpho-functional Machines: The New Species

Designing Embodied Intelligence

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Fumio Hara

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan

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  2. Rolf Pfeifer

    1. Department of Information Technology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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  • Critical review of the state of art of every aspect of embodied intelligence in biological systems and artifact / robotic systems

  • Offers a markedly new perspective to readers for understanding embodied intelligence

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Table of contents (13 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Morpho-functional Machines: Basics and Research Issues

    • Rolf Pfeifer
    Pages 1-21

  3. Deployable Structures in Biology

    • Julian F. V. Vincent
    Pages 23-40

  4. Evolving Task Specific Optimal Morphologies for an Artificial Insect Eye

    • Lukas Lichtensteiger
    Pages 41-57

  5. Co-evolving Control and Morphology with LEGO Robots

    • Henrik Hautop Lund
    Pages 59-79

  6. Facilitating Controller Evolution in Morpho-functional Machines — A Bipedal Case Study

    • Torsten Reil, Colm Massey
    Pages 81-98

  7. Amoeba-like Robots in the Perspective of Control Architecture and Morphology/Materials

    • Hiroshi Yokoi, Takashi Nagai, Takashi Ishida, Masaru Fujii, Takayuki Iida
    Pages 99-129

  8. A Skeletal Framework Artificial Hand Actuated by Pneumatic Artificial Muscles

    • Yong Kwun Lee, Isao Shimoyama
    Pages 131-143

  9. Face Robot — Soft Material and Multiple Actuation for Facial Expressions

    • Hiroshi Kobayashi, Fumio Hara
    Pages 145-165

  10. Homogeneous Distributed Mechanical Systems

    • Satoshi Murata, Eiichi Yoshida, Akiya Kamimura, Kohji Tomita, Haruhisa Kurokawa, Shigeru Kokaji
    Pages 167-193

  11. Emerging of Group Formation — Morphological Configuration of Multi-Robot System —

    • Sumiaki Ichikawa, Takehiro Miyamae, Fumio Hara
    Pages 195-215

  12. Evolving Morphologies and Neural Controllers Based on the Same Underlying Principle: Specific Ligand-Receptor Interactions

    • Peter Eggenberger
    Pages 217-236

  13. Evolving Complete Agents using Artificial Ontogeny

    • Josh C. Bongard, Rolf Pfeifer
    Pages 237-258

  14. Design Principles of Morpho-functional Machines

    • Fumio Hara, Kohki Kikuchi
    Pages 259-286
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About this book

Morpho-functional Machines are a set of tools for investigating the design of embodied intelligence in autonomous bio-artifact systems. The focus in Morpho-functional Machines is on the balance of morphology, materials, and control; intelligent behavior emerges from the interaction of an autonomous system with a real-world environment. How, then, should body morphology, body materials, and sensory systems be designed to achieve a certain set of tasks or desired behaviors in a particular environment? This and other questions were addressed at the International Workshop on Morpho-functional Machines held in Tokyo in 2001. Collected here are the revised papers from the workshop, providing a new perspective for understanding embodied intelligence. Presenting the innovative concept of Morpho-functional Machines, this book is a valuable source for scientists and engineers working in ethnology, cognitive sciences, robotic engineering, and artificial intelligence.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan

    Fumio Hara

  • Department of Information Technology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Rolf Pfeifer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Morpho-functional Machines: The New Species

  • Book Subtitle: Designing Embodied Intelligence

  • Editors: Fumio Hara, Rolf Pfeifer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-67869-4

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-70333-4Published: 05 June 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-68006-2Published: 28 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-67869-4Published: 28 June 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 286

  • Topics: Artificial Intelligence

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