Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems: 6th International Conference, Living Machines 2017, Stanford, CA, USA, July 26–28, 2017, Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Straight Swimming Algorithm Used by a Design of Biomimetic Robotic Fish....Pages 1-12
Animal and Robotic Locomotion on Wet Granular Media....Pages 13-24
Tunable Normal and Shear Force Discrimination by a Plant-Inspired Tactile Sensor for Soft Robotics....Pages 25-34
Pop! Observing and Modeling the Legless Self-righting Jumping Mechanism of Click Beetles....Pages 35-47
Bioinspired Magnetic Navigation Using Magnetic Signatures as Waypoints....Pages 48-60
Jellyfish Inspired Soft Robot Prototype Which Uses Circumferential Contraction for Jet Propulsion....Pages 61-72
You Made Him Be Alive: Children’s Perceptions of Animacy in a Humanoid Robot....Pages 73-85
Analysing the Limitations of Deep Learning for Developmental Robotics....Pages 86-94
Reducing Training Environments in Evolutionary Robotics Through Ecological Modularity....Pages 95-106
Automated Calibration of a Biomimetic Space-Dependent Model for Zebrafish and Robot Collective Behaviour in a Structured Environment....Pages 107-118
Spiking Cooperative Stereo-Matching at 2 ms Latency with Neuromorphic Hardware....Pages 119-137
Development of Novel Foam-Based Soft Robotic Ring Actuators for a Biomimetic Peristaltic Pumping System....Pages 138-147
Introducing Biomimomics: Combining Biomimetics and Comparative Genomics for Constraining Organismal and Technological Complexity....Pages 148-160
Effects of Locomotive Drift in Scale-Invariant Robotic Search Strategies....Pages 161-169
Simulation of Human Balance Control Using an Inverted Pendulum Model....Pages 170-180
Reducing Versatile Bat Wing Conformations to a 1-DoF Machine....Pages 181-192
Mathematical Modeling to Improve Control of Mesh Body for Peristaltic Locomotion....Pages 193-203
Neuronal Distance Estimation by a Fly-Robot Interface....Pages 204-215
Bio-inspired Robot Design Considering Load-Bearing and Kinematic Ontogeny of Chelonioidea Sea Turtles....Pages 216-229
Feather-Inspired Sensor for Stabilizing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Turbulent Conditions....Pages 230-241
Towards Identifying Biological Research Articles in Computer-Aided Biomimetics....Pages 242-254
Deep Dynamic Programming: Optimal Control with Continuous Model Learning of a Nonlinear Muscle Actuated Arm....Pages 255-266
An Adaptive Modular Recurrent Cerebellum-Inspired Controller....Pages 267-278
Stimulus Control for Semi-autonomous Computer Canine-Training....Pages 279-290
Exploiting Morphology of a Soft Manipulator for Assistive Tasks....Pages 291-301
Autonomous Thrust-Assisted Perching of a Fixed-Wing UAV on Vertical Surfaces....Pages 302-314
An Integrated Compliant Fabric Skin Softens, Lightens, and Simplifies a Mesh Robot....Pages 315-327
Causal Biomimesis: Self-replication as Evolutionary Consequence....Pages 328-347
Non-ordinary Consciousness for Artificial Intelligence....Pages 348-362
A Biomimetic Vocalisation System for MiRo....Pages 363-374
A Scalable Neuro-inspired Robot Controller Integrating a Machine Learning Algorithm and a Spiking Cerebellar-Like Network....Pages 375-386
Behavior-State Dependent Modulation of Perception Based on a Model of Conditioning....Pages 387-393
Describing Robotic Bat Flight with Stable Periodic Orbits....Pages 394-405
Research of a Lensless Artificial Compound Eye....Pages 406-417
Development of a Bio-inspired Knee Joint Mechanism for a Bipedal Robot....Pages 418-427
Predator Evasion by a Robocrab....Pages 428-439
MantisBot Changes Stepping Speed by Entraining CPGs to Positive Velocity Feedback....Pages 440-452
EvoBot: Towards a Robot-Chemostat for Culturing and Maintaining Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs)....Pages 453-464
Using Deep Autoencoders to Investigate Image Matching in Visual Navigation....Pages 465-474
Self-organising Thermoregulatory Huddling in a Model of Soft Deformable Littermates....Pages 475-486
Bio-inspired Tensegrity Soft Modular Robots....Pages 487-496
Consciousness as an Evolutionary Game-Theoretic Strategy....Pages 497-508
Using the Robot Operating System for Biomimetic Research....Pages 509-514
Modeling of Bioinspired Apical Extension in a Soft Robot....Pages 515-521
A Biomechanical Characterization of Plant Root Tissues by Dynamic Nanoindentation Technique for Biomimetic Technologies....Pages 522-531
Biomimetic Creatures Teach Mechanical Systems Design....Pages 532-536
Soft Fingers with Controllable Compliance to Enable Realization of Low Cost Grippers....Pages 537-543
Self-organisation of Spatial Behaviour in a Kilobot Swarm....Pages 544-550
Bio-inspired Design of a Double-Sided Crawling Robot....Pages 551-561
A Closed Loop Shape Control for Bio-inspired Soft Arms....Pages 562-566
Learning Modular Sequences in the Striatum....Pages 567-573
Spermbots: Concept and Applications....Pages 574-578
An Insect-Scale Bioinspired Flapping-Wing-Mechanism for Micro Aerial Vehicle Development....Pages 579-588
Geometric Mechanics Applied to Tetrapod Locomotion on Granular Media....Pages 589-594
Bioinspired Grippers for Natural Curved Surface Perching....Pages 595-603
Collisional Diffraction Emerges from Simple Control of Limbless Locomotion....Pages 604-610
Binocular Vision Using Synthetic Nervous Systems....Pages 611-618
Cell Patterning Method by Vibratory Stimuli....Pages 619-625
Dry Adhesion of Artificial Gecko Setae Fabricated via Direct Laser Lithography....Pages 626-630
Gesture Recognition Through Classification of Acoustic Muscle Sensing for Prosthetic Control....Pages 631-636
Back Matter....Pages 637-642
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