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Biologically Inspired Robots

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Abstract

After having stressed the difference between bio-inspired and biomimetic robots, this chapter successively describes bio-inspired morphologies, sensors, and actuators. Then, control architecture that, beyond mere reflexes, implement cognitive abilities like memory or planning, or adaptive processes like learning, evolution and development are described. Finally, the chapter also reports related works on energetic autonomy, collective robotics, and biohybrid robots.

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Abbreviations

ATR:

Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International

CCD:

charge-coupled devices

CONRO:

configurable robot

CPG:

central pattern generators

DARPA:

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DOF:

degree of freedom

EPFL:

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

IST:

Information Society Technologies

IST:

Instituto Superior Técnico

JPL:

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA:

National Aeronautics and Space Agency

SLAM:

simultaneous localization and mapping

US:

ultrasound

VI:

value iteration

VLSI:

very-large-scale integrated

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Meyer, JA., Guillot, A. (2008). Biologically Inspired Robots. In: Siciliano, B., Khatib, O. (eds) Springer Handbook of Robotics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30301-5_61

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