Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems

1. Front Matter

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2. Improving Recall in an Associative Neural Network Model of the Hippocampus

   • Nikolaos Andreakos, Shigang Yue, Vassilis Cutsuridis

   Pages 1-11

3. Iterative Learning Control as a Framework for Human-Inspired Control with Bio-mimetic Actuators

   • Franco Angelini, Matteo Bianchi, Manolo Garabini, Antonio Bicchi, Cosimo Della Santina

   Pages 12-16

4. Efficient Fine-Grained Object Detection for Robot-Assisted WEEE Disassembly

   • Ioannis Athanasiadis, Athanasios Psaltis, Apostolos Axenopoulos, Petros Daras

   Pages 17-22

5. Integrated Topological Planning and Scheduling for Orchestrating Large Human-Robot Collaborative Teams

   • Ioannis Chatzikonstantinou, Ioannis Kostavelis, Dimitrios Giakoumis, Dimitrios Tzovaras

   Pages 23-35

6. Programming Material Intelligence: An Additive Fabrication Strategy for Self-shaping Biohybrid Components

   • Tiffany Cheng, Dylan Wood, Xiang Wang, Philip F. Yuan, Achim Menges

   Pages 36-45

7. Multi-material 3D-Printer for Rapid Prototyping of Bio-Inspired Soft Robotic Elements

   • Stefan Conrad, Thomas Speck, Falk Tauber

   Pages 46-54

8. Kinematic and Kinetic Analysis of a Biomechanical Model of Rat Hind Limb with Biarticular Muscles

   • Kaiyu Deng, Nicholas S. Szczecinski, Alexander J. Hunt, Hillel J. Chiel, Roger D. Quinn

   Pages 55-67

9. How to Reduce Computation Time While Sparing Performance During Robot Navigation? A Neuro-Inspired Architecture for Autonomous Shifting Between Model-Based and Model-Free Learning

   • Rémi Dromnelle, Erwan Renaudo, Guillaume Pourcel, Raja Chatila, Benoît Girard, Mehdi Khamassi

   Pages 68-79

10. An Image-Based Method for the Morphological Analysis of Tendrils with 2D Piece-Wise Clothoid Approximation Model

    • Jie Fan, Francesco Visentin, Emanuela Del Dottore, Barbara Mazzolai

    Pages 80-91

11. Cholinergic Control of Chaos and Evidence Sensitivity in a Neocortical Model of Perceptual Decision-Making

    • Adrián F. Amil, Jordi-Ysard Puigbò, Paul F. M. J. Verschure

    Pages 92-96

12. Biomechanical Characterization of Hook-Climber Stems for Soft Robotic Applications

    • Isabella Fiorello, Alessio Mondini, Barbara Mazzolai

    Pages 97-103

13. Robotics Application of a Method for Analytically Computing Infinitesimal Phase Response Curves

    • Marshaun N. Fitzpatrick, Yangyang Wang, Peter J. Thomas, Roger D. Quinn, Nicholas S. Szczecinski

    Pages 104-115

14. Machine Morality: From Harm-Avoidance to Human-Robot Cooperation

    • Ismael T. Freire, Dina Urikh, Xerxes D. Arsiwalla, Paul F. M. J. Verschure

    Pages 116-127

15. Haptic Object Identification for Advanced Manipulation Skills

    • Volker Gabler, Korbinian Maier, Satoshi Endo, Dirk Wollherr

    Pages 128-140

16. Response of a Neuromechanical Insect Joint Model to Inhibition of fCO Sensory Afferents

    • Clarissa Goldsmith, Nicholas S. Szczecinski, Roger D. Quinn

    Pages 141-152

17. Distributed Adaptive Control: An Ideal Cognitive Architecture Candidate for Managing a Robotic Recycling Plant

    • Oscar Guerrero Rosado, Paul F. M. J. Verschure

    Pages 153-164

18. Standing on the Water: Stability Mechanisms of Snakes on Free Surface

    • Johann Herault, Étienne Clement, Jonathan Brossillon, Seth LaGrange, Vincent Lebastard, Frederic Boyer

    Pages 165-175

19. From Models of Cognition to Robot Control and Back Using Spiking Neural Networks

    • Stefan Iacob, Johan Kwisthout, Serge Thill

    Pages 176-191

20. A Framework for Resolving Motivational Conflict via Attractor Dynamics

    • Alejandro Jimenez-Rodriguez, Tony J. Prescott, Robert Schmidt, Stuart Wilson

    Pages 192-203

This book constitutes the proceedings of the )th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Living Machines 2020, held in Freiburg, Germany, in July 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 32 full and 7 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. They deal with research on novel life-like technologies inspired by the scientific investigation of biological systems, biomimetics, and research that seeks to interface biological and artificial systems to create biohybrid systems. 

• artificial intelligence
• soft robotics
• biomimetics
• insect navigation
• synthetic nervous system
• computer vision
• bio-inspired materials
• visual homing
• locomotion
• image processing
• intelligent robots
• human-robot interaction
• machine learning
• snake robot
• mobile robots
• robotic systems
• drosophila
• robots
• sensors
• signal processing

• SPECS, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

  Vasiliki Vouloutsi, Anna Mura, Paul F. M. J. Verschure

• University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

  Falk Tauber, Thomas Speck

• University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

  Tony J. Prescott

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