Morpho-Functional Machines

by Hara, F.; Pfeifer, Rolf

• ISBN13: 9784431703334
• ISBN10: 4431703330
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	V
Morpho-functional Machines: Basics and Research Issues
R. Pfeifer	1	(22)
Deployable Structures in Biology
J.F.V. Vincent	23	(18)
Evolving Task-Specific Optimal Morphologies for an Artificial Insect Eye
L. Lichtensteiger	41	(18)
Co-evolving Control and Morphology with LEGO Robots
H.H. Lund	59	(22)
Facilitating Controller Evolution in Morpho-functional Machines - A Bipedal Case Study
T. Reil and C. Massey	81	(18)
Amoeba-like Robots in the Perspective of Control Architecture and Morphology/Materials
H. Yokoi, T. Nagai, T. Ishida, M. Fujii, and T. Iida	99	(32)
A Skeletal Framework Artificial Hand Actuated by Pneumatic Artificial Muscles
Y.K. Lee and I. Shimoyama	131	(14)
Face Robot-Soft Material and Multiple Actuation for Facial Expressions
H. Kobayashi and F. Hara	145	(22)
Homogeneous Distributed Mechanical Systems
S. Murata, E. Yoshida, A. Kamimura, K. Tomita, H. Kurokawa, and s. Kokaji	167	(28)
Emerging of Group Formation -Morphological Configuration of Multi-Robot System-
S. Ichikawa, T. Miyamae, and F. Hara	195	(22)
Evolving Morphologies and Neural Controllers Based on the Same Underlying Principle: Specific Ligand-Receptor Interactions
P. Eggenberger	217	(20)
Evolving Complete Agents Using Artificial Ontogeny
J.C. Bongard and R. Pfeifer	237	(22)
Design Principles of Morpho-functional Machines
F. Hara and K. Kikuchi	259