Title Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems : 4th International Conference, Living Machines 2015, Barcelona, Spain, July 28-31, 2015, Proceedings / Stuart P. Wilson, Paul F.M.J. Verschure, Anna Mura, Tony J. Prescott (eds.)

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 474 pages) : illustrations Series Lecture notes in artificial intelligence, 0302-9743 ; 9222 LNCS sublibrary. SL 7, Artificial intelligence Lecture notes in computer science. Lecture notes in artificial intelligence ; 9222 LNCS sublibrary. SL 7, Artificial intelligence. Contents Intro; Preface; Organization; Contents; A Model of Larval Biomechanics Reveals Exploitable Passive Properties for Efficient Locomotion; 1 Introduction; 2 Model Construction; 3 Results; 3.1 Passive Dynamics of a Single Segment; Role of Model Parameters; 3.2 Passive Dynamics of the Whole Body; 3.3 Resonance and Preferred Input Timing; 3.4 Generating Locomotion Through Local Positive Feedback; 4 Discussion; References; Dynamic Walking with a Soft Limb Robot; 1 Introduction; 2 Design and Fabr rication; 3 Control; 4 Experimental Se et-up; 5 Results and Disc cussion; 5.1 Trotting; 5.2 Pacing 5.3 Galloping5.4 Stance and Flight Phase; 5.5 Similarity to Biological Systems; 6 Conclusion and Future Work; References; Worm-Like Robotic Locomotion with a Compliant Modular Mesh; 1 Introduction; 2 Design; 2.1 Bi-directional Actuation; 2.2 Mesh Structure; 2.3 Electronics and Control; 3 Robot Performance; 4 Sensing; 5 Conclusions; References; WormTIP: An Invertebrate Inspired Active Tactile Imaging Pneumostat; 1 Introduction; 2 Active Touch; 2.1 Electro-Active Polymers; 2.2 Pressurised Antagonistic DEAs; 2.3 WormTIP; 3 Methods and Experimental Setup; 3.1 Fabrication; 4 Results 4.1 Image Processing4.2 Square Object; 4.3 Circular Object; 4.4 Flat Surface; 5 Conclusion; References; Copying Nature -- A Design of Hyper-Redundant Robot Joint/Support Based on Hydrostatic Skeleton; 1 Introduction; 2 The Design of the Artificial Muscular Hydrostatic Joint/Support; 2.1 Strength and Weakness of the Evolved Artificial Muscular Hydrostatic Joint/Support; 2.2 Some Hyper-redundant Bodies that can Make Use of this Design; 3 An Adaptation of the Design to a Planar Biological Model; 4 Tests, Results and Discussion; 4.1 Biomimicry of the Joints 4.2 Stress Within the Most Critical Part4.3 Field Test; 5 Conclusions and Recommendation; An Under-Actuated and Adaptable Soft Robotic Gripper; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 2.1 Design Concept of the Mechanical Structure; 2.2 Cable-Driven Under-Actuated Mechanism; 2.3 Material Choice and Finger Fabrication Process; 3 Results and Discussions; 4 Conclusions; References; Measuring the Local Viscosity and Velocity of Fluids Using a Biomimetic Tactile Whisker; 1 Introduction and Motivation; 2 Background; 3 Method; 3.1 Experiment 1: Flow Tank; 3.2 Experiment 2: Whisk Tank; 4 Results 5 Analysis6 Conclusion; References; Biomimicry of the Manduca Sexta Forewing Using SRT Protein Complex for FWMAV Development; 1 Introduction; 2 Recombinant Squid Ring Teeth (SRT) Protein Complex; 3 Wing Design an nd Fabrication; 4 Summary and Future Work; References; Correlating Kinetics and Kinematics of Earthworm Peristaltic Locomotion; 1 Introduction; 2 Methods; 3 Results; 4 Discussion; References; Visualizing Wakes in Swimming Locomotion of Xenopus-Noid by Using PIV; 1 Introduction; 2 Method; 3 Result; References Summary This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Living Machines 2015, held in Barcelona, Spain, in July 2015. The 34 full and 13 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. The themes they deal with are: locomotion, particularly for soft-bodies; novel sensing and autonomous control systems; and cognitive architectures, social robots, and human-robot interaction Analysis computerwetenschappen computer sciences computertechnieken computer techniques computational science patroonherkenning pattern recognition machine vision kunstmatige intelligentie artificial intelligence datamining data mining Information and Communication Technology (General) Informatie- en communicatietechnologie (algemeen) Notes Includes author index Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 31, 2015) Subject Natural computation -- Congresses Biomimicry -- Congresses Artificial intelligence -- Biological applications -- Congresses Artificial intelligence -- Biological applications Natural computation Biomimicry Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Wilson, Stuart P., editor Verschure, Paul F. M. J., editor Mura, Anna, editor Prescott, Tony J., editor. ISBN 9783319229799 3319229796 3319229788 9783319229782

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