Tsuda, S., Zauner, K. P. and Gunji, Y. P. (2006) Robot Control: From Silicon Circuitry to Cells. In: Biologically Inspired Approaches to Advanced Information Technology, Second International Workshop, BioADIT 2006, Osaka, Japan, January 26-27, 2006, Proceedings, pp. 20-32, Springer. ISBN 3-540-31253-6
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Abstract
Life-like adaptive behaviour is so far an illusive goal in robot
control. A capability to act successfully in a complex, ambiguous, and
harsh environment would vastly increase the application domain of
robotic devices. Established methods for robot control run up against
a complexity barrier, yet living organisms amply demonstrate that this
barrier is not a fundamental limitation. To gain an understanding of how
the nimble behaviour of organisms can b e duplicated in made-for-purpose
devices we are exploring the use of biological cells in robot control. This
paper describes an experimental setup that interfaces an amoeboid plasmodium
of Physarum polycephalum with an omnidirectional hexapod robot to realise
an interaction loop between environment and plasticity in control. Through
this bio-electronic hybrid architecture the continuous negotiation process
between local intracellular reconfiguration on the micro-physical scale and
global behaviour of the cell in a macroscale environment can be studied in
a device setting.
| Creators: | Soichiro Tsuda, Klaus-Peter Zauner, Yukio-Pegio Gunji |
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| Editors: | Auke Jan Ijspeert, Toshimitsu Masuzawa, Shinji Kusumoto |
| Item Type: | Book Section |
| Keywords: | molecular computing, cellular computation |
| Additional Information: | LNCS Vol. 3853 |
| Research Group: | Science and Engineering of Natural Systems BIO@ECS Research Group |
| Deposited On: | 04 Feb 2006 by Zauner, Klaus-Peter |
| Alternative Locations: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11613022_5 |
| ISBN: | 3-540-31253-6 |
| ID Code: | 11749 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2009 12:25 |
| Performance Indicator: | EZ~03~01~04 |
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