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Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems

6th International Conference, Living Machines 2017, Stanford, CA, USA, July 26–28, 2017, Proceedings

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  1. Michael Mangan

    1. University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom

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  2. Mark Cutkosky

    1. Stanford University, Stanford, USA

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  3. Anna Mura

    1. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

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  4. Paul F.M.J. Verschure

    1. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

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  5. Tony Prescott

    1. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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  6. Nathan Lepora

    1. Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 10384)

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

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Living Machines 2017, held in Stanford, CA, USA, in July 2017.The 42 full and 19 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions. The theme of the conference encompasses biomimetic methods for manufacture, repair and recycling inspired by natural processes such as reproduction, digestion, morphogenesis and metamorphosis.

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Table of contents (62 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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  2. Straight Swimming Algorithm Used by a Design of Biomimetic Robotic Fish

    • M. O. Afolayan
    Pages 1-12

  3. Animal and Robotic Locomotion on Wet Granular Media

    • Hosain Bagheri, Vishwarath Taduru, Sachin Panchal, Shawn White, Hamidreza Marvi
    Pages 13-24

  4. Tunable Normal and Shear Force Discrimination by a Plant-Inspired Tactile Sensor for Soft Robotics

    • Afroditi Astreinidi Blandin, Massimo Totaro, Irene Bernardeschi, Lucia Beccai
    Pages 25-34

  5. Pop! Observing and Modeling the Legless Self-righting Jumping Mechanism of Click Beetles

    • Ophelia Bolmin, Chengfang Duan, Luis Urrutia, Ahmad M. Abdulla, Alexander M. Hazel, Marianne Alleyne et al.
    Pages 35-47

  6. Bioinspired Magnetic Navigation Using Magnetic Signatures as Waypoints

    • Brian K. Taylor, Grant Huang
    Pages 48-60

  7. Jellyfish Inspired Soft Robot Prototype Which Uses Circumferential Contraction for Jet Propulsion

    • George Bridges, Moritz Raach, Martin F. Stoelen
    Pages 61-72

  8. You Made Him Be Alive: Children’s Perceptions of Animacy in a Humanoid Robot

    • David Cameron, Samuel Fernando, Emily C. Collins, Abigail Millings, Michael Szollosy, Roger Moore et al.
    Pages 73-85

  9. Analysing the Limitations of Deep Learning for Developmental Robotics

    • Daniel Camilleri, Tony Prescott
    Pages 86-94

  10. Reducing Training Environments in Evolutionary Robotics Through Ecological Modularity

    • Collin Cappelle, Anton Bernatskiy, Josh Bongard
    Pages 95-106

  11. Automated Calibration of a Biomimetic Space-Dependent Model for Zebrafish and Robot Collective Behaviour in a Structured Environment

    • Leo Cazenille, Yohann Chemtob, Frank Bonnet, Alexey Gribovskiy, Francesco Mondada, Nicolas Bredeche et al.
    Pages 107-118

  12. Spiking Cooperative Stereo-Matching at 2 ms Latency with Neuromorphic Hardware

    • Georgi Dikov, Mohsen Firouzi, Florian Röhrbein, Jörg Conradt, Christoph Richter
    Pages 119-137

  13. Development of Novel Foam-Based Soft Robotic Ring Actuators for a Biomimetic Peristaltic Pumping System

    • Falk Esser, Tibor Steger, David Bach, Tom Masselter, Thomas Speck
    Pages 138-147

  14. Introducing Biomimomics: Combining Biomimetics and Comparative Genomics for Constraining Organismal and Technological Complexity

    • Claudio L. Flores Martinez
    Pages 148-160

  15. Effects of Locomotive Drift in Scale-Invariant Robotic Search Strategies

    • Carlos Garcia-Saura, Eduardo Serrano, Francisco B. Rodriguez, Pablo Varona
    Pages 161-169

  16. Simulation of Human Balance Control Using an Inverted Pendulum Model

    • Wade W. Hilts, Nicholas S. Szczecinski, Roger D. Quinn, Alexander J. Hunt
    Pages 170-180

  17. Reducing Versatile Bat Wing Conformations to a 1-DoF Machine

    • Jonathan Hoff, Alireza Ramezani, Soon-Jo Chung, Seth Hutchinson
    Pages 181-192

  18. Mathematical Modeling to Improve Control of Mesh Body for Peristaltic Locomotion

    • Yifan Huang, Akhil Kandhari, Hillel J. Chiel, Roger D. Quinn, Kathryn A. Daltorio
    Pages 193-203

  19. Neuronal Distance Estimation by a Fly-Robot Interface

    • Jiaqi V. Huang, Holger G. Krapp
    Pages 204-215

  20. Bio-inspired Robot Design Considering Load-Bearing and Kinematic Ontogeny of Chelonioidea Sea Turtles

    • Andrew Jansen, Kevin Sebastian Luck, Joseph Campbell, Heni Ben Amor, Daniel M. Aukes
    Pages 216-229
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom

    Michael Mangan

  • Stanford University, Stanford, USA

    Mark Cutkosky

  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

    Anna Mura, Paul F.M.J. Verschure

  • University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Tony Prescott

  • Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Nathan Lepora

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