After almost 5 years of Japan, I am back at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the University of Zurich. Before coming back to Zurich I spent some time at the Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and at The University of Tokyo, more specifically, at the Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Informatics. I also worked a bit at one of the excellent Sony laboratories. I have a wide range of research interests, which are all directly or indirectly related to understanding better the mechanisms underlying intelligent behavior, and how the application of such knowledge can be mapped onto technological innovation. The ultimate (very long-term) goal is to make a lot of money and retire on some pacific island (preferably a warm place). P.S. I apologize for the many missing links, but the site is under construction. I am working on it in my spare spare time. For questions, comments, suggestions, constructive ideas, but also criticism, please do not hesitate to contact me!

• Self-organization, embodiment, and biologically inspired robotics
• Water-based self-assembling modular robots
• Dynamical coupling in motor-sensory function substitution

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2008

• [N.A.] Pitti, A., Lungarella, M., Kuniyoshi, Y. (2008). Metastability and functional integration in anisotropically coupled map lattices. European Journal of Physics B.
• [N.A.] Shimizu, M., Takuma, K., Lungarella, M. and Ishiguro, A. (2008). Adaptive modular robots through heterogeneous inter-module connections. Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, 20(3): 386-393.
• [N.A.] Ishiguro, K., Otsu, N., Lungarella, M. and Kuniyoshi, Y. (2008). Comparison of nonlinear Granger causality extensions for low-dimensional systems. Physical Review E, 77(3): 036217.
• [N.A.] Ishiguro, K., Otsu, N., Lungarella, M. and Kuniyoshi, Y. (2008). Detecting direction of causal interactions between dynamically coupled signals. Physical Review E, 77(1): 026216.
• [N.A.] Lungarella, M. and Gomez, G. (2008). Developmental robotics. In: J.R. Rabunal, J. Dorado, and A. Pazos (eds.) Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence (to appear)
• [N.A.] Pfeifer, R., Lungarella, M. and Sporns, O. (2008). The synthetic approach to embodied cognition: a primer. In: P. Calvo and T. Gomilla (eds.) Handbook of Cognitive Science.
• [N.A.] Arieta, A., Dermitzakis, C., Damian, D., Lungarella, M. and Pfeifer, R. (2008). Sensory-motor coupling in rehabilitation robotics. Handbook of Service Robotics, I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna, Austria.
• [N.A.] Lungarella, M., Iida, F., Bongard, J.C. and Pfeifer, R. (2008). AI in the 21st century -- with historical reflections Proc. of the 50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence, pp. 1-8.
• [N.A.] Pfeifer, R., Lungarella, M., Sporns, O. and Kuniyoshi, Y. (2008). On the information theoretic implications of embodiment - principles and methods Proc. of the 50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence, pp. 76-86.
• [N.A.] Polani, D., Sporns, O. and Lungarella, M. (2008). How information and embodiment shape intelligent information processing Proc. of the 50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence, pp. 99-111.
• [N.A.] Miyashita, S., Casanova, F., Lungarella, M. and Pfeifer, R. (2008). Peltier-based freeze-thaw connector for waterborne self-assembly systems. To appear in Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Robotics and Systems.
• [N.A.] Burfoot, D., Lungarella, M. and Kuniyoshi, Y. (2008). Toward a theory of embodied statistical learning. To appear in Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior.
• [N.A.] Miyashita, S., Kessler, M. and Lungarella, M. (2008). How morphology affects self-assembly in a stochastic modular robot. Proc. of the 2008 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3533-3538.
• [N.A.] Shimizu, M., Kato, T., Lungarella, M. and Ishiguro, A. (2008). Adaptive reconfiguration of a modular robot through heterogeneous inter-module connections. Proc. of the 2008 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3527-3532.

2007

• [PDF] Lungarella, M., Pitti, A., and Kuniyoshi, Y. (2007). Information transfer at multiple scales. Physical Review E, 056117.
• [PDF] Pfeifer, R., Lungarella, M., Iida, F. (2007). Self-organization, embodiment, and biologically inspired robotics. Science, 318:1088-1093. Supplementary online material available here.
• [HTM] Lungarella, M. (2007). Developmental robotics. Scholarpedia, 2(8):3104.
• [PDF] Lungarella, M., Ishiguro, K., Kuniyoshi, Y. and Otsu, N. (2007). Methods for quantifying the causal structure of bivariate time series. Int. J. of Bifurcation and Chaos, 17(3):903-921.
• [PDF] Burfoot, D. and Lungarella, M. (2007). Open-ended robotics contest - aka the Dilbert Grand Challenge. Autonomous Mental Development Newsletter, 4(1):4-5.
• [N.A.] Nabeshima, C., Kuniyoshi, Y. and Lungarella, M. (2007). Towards a model of tool-body assimilation and adaptive tool-use. Proc. of the 6th Int. Conf. on Development and Learning.

• [PDF] Pfeifer,R., Lungarella,M., Iida, F. and Bongard, J.C. (eds.) (2006). 50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence -- Artificial Intelligence in the 21st Century. Handout distributed at the Summit, Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland.
• [PDF] Kuniyoshi,Y. and Lungarella,M. (eds.) (2006). Developmental Cognitive Robotics -- An Emerging New Field. Mini-handout distributed at the Workshop on Developmental Cognitive Robotics, Kyoto, Japan.
• [PDF] Lungarella,M. and Sporns,O. (2006). Mapping information flow in sensorimotor networks. PLoS Computational Biology, 2(10):e144.
• [N.A.] Nabeshima,C., Lungarella,M. and Kuniyoshi,Y. (2006). Body schema adaptation for robotic tool use. Advanced Robotics, 20(10):1105-1126.
• [PDF] Paul,C., Lungarella,M. and Iida,F. (eds.) (2006). Morphology, Control, and Passive Dynamics. Special Issue of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 54(8):617-718.
• [N.A.] Tarapore,D., Lungarella,M. and Gomez,G. (2006). Quantifying patterns of agent-environment interaction. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 54(2):150-158.
• [N.A.] Lungarella,M. (2006). Developmental robotics: assessment and future. Asian Technology Information Program (ATIP).
• [N.A.] Pitti,A., Lungarella,M. and Kuniyoshi,Y. (2006). Synchronization: adaptive mechanism linking internal and external dynamics. Proc. of the 5th Int. Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics.
• [PDF] Sporns,O., Karnowski,J. and Lungarella,M. (2006). Mapping causal relations in sensorimotor networks. Proc. of the 5th Int. Conf. on Development and Learning.
• [PDF] Sporns,O. and Lungarella,M. (2006). Evolving coordinated behavior by maximizing information structure. In: Rocha, L. et al. (eds.) Proc. of the 10th Int. Conf. on Artificial Life.
• [PDF] Pitti,A., Lungarella,M. and Kuniyoshi,Y. (2006). Exploration of natural dynamics through resonance and chaos. Proc. of the 9th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, pp.558-565.

2005

• [N.A.] Yokoi,H., Lungarella,M., Fend,M. and Pfeifer,R. (2005). Artificial whiskers: structural characterization and implications for adaptive robots. Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, 17(5):584-595.
• [PDF] Lungarella,M., Pegors,T., Bulwinkle,D. and Sporns,O. (2005). Methods for quantifying the information structure of sensory and motor data. Neuroinformatics, 3(3):243-262 (1052k).
• [PDF] Pitti,A., Lungarella,M. and Kuniyoshi,Y. (2005). Quantification of emergent behaviors induced by feedback resonance of chaos. Recent Advances in Artificial Life: Advances in Natural Computation, vol.3, chap.15, pp.199-213 (1440k).
• [PDF] Lungarella,M. and Sporns,O. (2005). Information Self-Structuring: Key Principle for Learning and Development. Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on Development and Learning, pp.25-30.
• [N.A.] Nabeshima,K., Lungarella,M. and Kuniyoshi,Y. (2005). Timing-based model of body schema adaptation and its role in perception and tool use: a robotic case study. Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on Development and Learning, pp.7-12.
• [N.A.] Yonekura,S., Lungarella,M. and Kuniyoshi,Y. (2005). Fear-like response induced by intentional gap between neural and body-environment dynamics. Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on Development and Learning, pp.31-36.
• [PDF] Matsushita,K., Lungarella,M., Paul,C. and Yokoi,H. (2005). Locomoting with less computation but more morphology. Proc. of 20th Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, pp.2020-2025.
• [N.A.] Gomez,G., Lungarella,M. and Tarapore,D. (2005). Information-theoretic approach to embodied category learning. Proc. of 10th Int. Conf. on Artificial Life and Robotics, pp.332-337.

2004

• [N.A.] Lungarella,M. (2004). Exploring Principles Towards a Developmental Theory of Embodied Artificial Intelligence. Unpublished PhD Thesis. University of Zurich, Switzerland.
• [PDF] Berthouze,L. and Lungarella,M. (2004). Motor skill acquisition under environmental perturbations: on the necessity of alternate freezing and freeing. Adaptive Behavior, 12(1):47-63 (871k).
• [PDF] Meyer,F., Sproewitz,A., Lungarella,M. and Berthouze,L. (2004). Simple and low-cost compliant leg-foot system. Proc. of the 17th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp.515-520 (343k).
• [PDF] Gomez,G., Lungarella,M., Eggenberger-Hotz,P., Matsushita,K. and Pfeifer,R. (2004). Simulating development in a real robot: on the concurrent increase of sensory, motor, and neural complexity. Proc. of the 4th Int. Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics, pp.119-122 (329k).
• [PDF] Lungarella,M. and Berthouze,L. (2004). Robot bouncing: on the interaction between neural and body-enviroment dynamics. In F.Iida, R.Pfeifer, L.Steels and Y.Kuniyoshi (eds.) Embodied Artificial Intelligence. Berlin: Springer-Verlag (LNAI 3139), pp.87-97 (268k).
• [PDF] Tarapore,D., Lungarella,M. and Gomez,G. (2004). Fingerprinting agent-environment interaction via information theory. Proc. of the 8th Conf. on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, pp.512-520 (295k).

2003

• [PDF] Lungarella,M., Metta,G., Pfeifer,R. and Sandini,G. (2003). Developmental robotics: a survey. Connection Science, 15(4):151-190 (662k, proofs).
• [PDF] Lungarella,M. and Metta,G. (2003). Beyond gazing, pointing, and reaching - A survey of Developmental Robotics. Proc. of the 3rd Int. Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics, pp.81-89 (661k).
• [PDF] Te Boekhorst,R., Lungarella,M. and Pfeifer,R. (2003). Dimensionality reduction through sensory-motor coordination. Proc. of the 10th Int. Conf. on Neural Information Processing (LNCS 2714), pp.496-503 (742k).
• [PDF] Hafner,V.V., Fend,M., Lungarella,M., Pfeifer,R., Konig,P. and Kording,K.P. (2003). Optimal coding for naturally occurring whisker deflections. Proc. of the 10th Int. Conf. on Neural Information Processing (LNCS 2714), pp.805-812 (274k).
• [PDF] Lungarella,M. and Berthouze,L. (2003). Learning to bounce: first lessons from a bouncing robot. Proc. of the 2nd Int. Symp. on Adaptive Motion in Animals and Machines (362k).

2002

• [PDF] Lungarella,M. and Berthouze,L. (2002). On the interplay between morphological, neural and environmental dynamics: A robotic case-study. Adaptive Behavior, 10(3-4):223-241 (1248k).
• [PDF] Lungarella,M. and Berthouze,L. (2002). Adaptivity via alternate freeing and freezing of degrees of freedom. Proc. of the 9th Int. Conf. on Neural Information Processing, pp.482-487 (554k).
• [PDF] Lungarella,M. and Berthouze,L. (2002). Adaptivity through physical immaturity. Proc. of the 2nd Int. Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics, pp.79-86 (814k).
• [PDF] Lungarella,M., Hafner,V.V., Pfeifer,R. and Yokoi,H. (2002). An artificial whisker sensor for robotics. Proc. of the 15th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp.2931-2936 (1307k).
• [PDF] Lungarella,M., Hafner,V.V., Pfeifer,R. and Yokoi,H. (2002). Whisking: An unexplored sensory modality. Proc. of the 7th Int. Conf. on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, pp.58-59 (165k).

2001

• [PDF] Lungarella,M., Pfeifer,R. (2001). Robots as cognitive tool: Information theoretic analysis of sensory-motor data. Proc. of the 2nd IEEE-RAS Int. Conf. on Humanoid Robotics, pp.245-252 (500k).

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