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projects:projects_locomorph [2019/08/06 15:30]
Maziar Sharbafi [Morphology] |
projects:projects_locomorph [2019/08/06 15:30]
Maziar Sharbafi [Morphology] |
| Locomorph's goal is to push beyond the state of the art in robotic locomotion and movements, by increasing efficiency, robustness, and thus usability in unknown environments. As robotic research and industry are competing to increase robots' usability towards the highly-in-demand service robotics, advancements in robotic locomotion today would give Europe a significant competitive advantage. Locomorph combines multidisciplinary approaches from biology, biomechanics, neuroscience, robotics, and embodied intelligence to investigate locomotion and movements in animals and robots, focusing on two concepts: morphology and morphosis. | Locomorph's goal is to push beyond the state of the art in robotic locomotion and movements, by increasing efficiency, robustness, and thus usability in unknown environments. As robotic research and industry are competing to increase robots' usability towards the highly-in-demand service robotics, advancements in robotic locomotion today would give Europe a significant competitive advantage. Locomorph combines multidisciplinary approaches from biology, biomechanics, neuroscience, robotics, and embodied intelligence to investigate locomotion and movements in animals and robots, focusing on two concepts: morphology and morphosis. |
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| The first concept, morphology, is based on the observation that successful biomimetic designs rely on effective embodiment: on clever morphology and use of material properties. Because of the ingenious forms, materials, and mechanisms selected by nature, animals can move efficiently and stably through virtually every conceivable terrain. When the animals' bodies undergo changes, either due to natural growth process or more extreme injuries such as limb loss, they gradually adapt and even 'invent' new ways of walking. | The first concept, morphology, is based on the observation that successful biomimetic designs rely on effective embodiment: on clever morphology and use of material properties. Because of the ingenious forms, materials, and mechanisms selected by nature, animals can move efficiently and stably through virtually every conceivable terrain. When the animals' bodies undergo changes, either due to natural growth process or more extreme injuries such as limb loss, they gradually adapt and even 'invent' new ways of walking. |
