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IROS
2008
IEEE
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Morpho: A self-deformable modular robot inspired by cellular structure
— We present a modular robot design inspired by the creation of complex structures and functions in biology via deformation. Our design is based on the Tensegrity model of cellul...
Chih-Han Yu, Kristina Haller, Donald E. Ingber, Ra...
ICANN
2005
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Action Understanding and Imitation Learning in a Robot-Human Task
We report results of an interdisciplinary project which aims at endowing a real robot system with the capacity for learning by goaldirected imitation. The control architecture is b...
Wolfram Erlhagen, Albert Mukovskiy, Estela Bicho, ...
CMMR
2007
Springer
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A Real-Time Genetic Algorithm in Human-Robot Musical Improvisation
The paper describes an interactive musical system that utilizes a genetic algorithm in an effort to create inspiring collaborations between human musicians and an improvisatory ro...
Gil Weinberg, Mark Godfrey, Alex Rae, John Rhoads
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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How morphology affects self-assembly in a stochastic modular robot
Abstract— Self-assembly is a process through which an organized structure can spontaneously form from simple parts. Taking inspiration from biological examples of self-assembly, ...
Shuhei Miyashita, Max Kessler, Marco Lungarella
IROS
2008
IEEE
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A performance sensitive hormone-inspired system for task distribution amongst evolving robots
— A hormone-inspired task scheduling method is described which assigns tasks to a group of robots, taking into account the robots’ performances. This method draws on previous w...
Joanne H. Walker, Myra S. Wilson