Biorobotics


Vorlesung "Biomimetische Robotik"

 Last update: 19 Sep 2001 17:47:38 by
Ralf Möller (moeller@mpipf-muenchen.mpg.de)

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Hinweise zur Veranstaltung im WS 2001/02
Contents of the lecture
Contents with references and WWW ressources
Biorobotics resources on the WWW
Biorobotics references


About this page


This page describes the contents of the lecture "Biomimetische Robotik" (Biorobotics) which I gave at the "Interdisziplinäres Kolleg" 2000 and will give at the University of Zurich (winter 00/01, winter 01/02). It also provides a list of WWW resources related to biorobotics research as well as a list of references for this field, partly with links to the documents.

A short description of the IK 2000 course (PostScript format, in German!) is available here (7 pages, 20k).

The page will be updated continuously. All comments and input concerning interesting web pages and publications will be highly appreciated.

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Hinweise zur Veranstaltung im WS 2001/02


Die Veranstaltung wird als Vorlesung mit integrierten Übungen durchgeführt und als 2 Semesterwochenstunden (3 AP) angerechnet. Der Leistungsnachweis erfolgt als schriftliche Pruefung in der vorlesungsfreien Zeit (Feb./Maerz 2002); der Termin wird nach Absprache festgelegt. Es besteht aktive Teilnahmepflicht an allen Übungen; die Projekte werden abschliessend bewertet.

Inhalt der Vorlesung

Einführung in Biomimetische Robotik als synthetische Methode der biologischen Modellbildung und Teildisziplin der Bionik. Vorstellung ausgewählter Arbeiten: Lokomotion (sechsbeinige Fortbewegung, schwimmende Roboter, Schlangen), Navigation (Taxis, Pfadintegration, visuelle Hindernisvermeidung, visuelle Odometrie, Landmarkennavigation), neuronale Modelle und neuromorphe (analoge) Systeme.

Dauer: 8 Doppelstunden als Blockveranstaltung (zusammen mit 6 Doppelstunden Übungen)

Ort: IFI, Irchel, Raum 27-H-46 (Vorlesung) und 27-H-35 (Übungen)

1. Block
Fr. 09.11.01 12-19h
Sa. 10.11.01 09-17h
2. Block
Fr. 16.11.01 12-19h
Sa. 17.11.01 09-17h

Voraussetzungen: keine

Literatur: Script (Folien) und Artikel-Sammlung (verfügbar zum Kopieren in der Bibliothek des Instituts für Informatik)

Kontakt an der Universität Zürich: Verena Hafner.

Inhalt der Übungen

Bearbeitung eines Projekts aus der Biomimetischen Robotik über 6 Uebungen in Gruppen. Programmierung (Linux OS, Scriptsprache Tcl) eines mobilen Roboters mit omnidirektionaler Kamera. Roboter-Schnittstelle und Bildverarbeitungssoftware in Tcl ist vorgegeben. Wahl einer Aufgabe aus folgenden Angeboten: Spurfolgen, Polarisationskompass, Bewegungsdetektion, Landmarkennavigation.

Voraussetzungen: Besuch der Vorlesung, Programmierkenntnisse

Literatur: Kurzdokumentation der Roboter-Schnittstelle und der Bildverarbeitungssoftware; Ousterhout: Tcl and Tk, Addison-Wesley; Tcl-Primer; Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk

Leistungsnachweis

Schriftliche Prüfung (nach Absprache) in der vorlesungsfreien Zeit (Feb./März 2002). Voraussetzung ist der Besuch von Vorlesung und Übungen. Die Anrechnung erfolgt mit 3 AP (2 SWS).

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Contents of the lecture


1 Introduction

Roots of the Field: Ethology / Neuroethology / Computational Neuroethology; Synthetic Modelling; Closed-loop Simulations; Biorobotics; Classical AI vs. ALife/Animat Research vs. Biorobotics; Application of Biorobotics; Problems of Biorobotics; Range of Studied Capabilities

2 Navigation

2.1 Overview

2.2 Local Navigation

2.2.1 Direction Following

2.2.1.1 Trail Following

2.2.1.2 Path Integration

2.2.1.2.1 Polarized Light Compass

2.2.2 Aiming

2.2.2.1 Introduction

2.2.2.2 Cricket Phonotaxis

2.2.2.3 Lobster Chemotaxis

2.2.2.4 Chemotaxis in C. elegans

2.2.3 Guidance

2.2.3.1 Snapshot Model

2.2.3.2 Average Landmark Vector Model

2.2.3.3 Image Warping Model

2.3 Way-Finding

2.3.1 Topological Navigation

3 Visuomotor Control

3.1 Analog Computation

3.2 Obstacle Avoidance

3.3 Obstacle Avoidance and Stabilization

4 Locomotion

4.1 Hexapod Locomotion

4.2 Swimming

4.3 Serpentine Movements

5 "Exotic" Biorobots

5.1 A "Bee-Robot"

5.2 Hybrid Robots

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Contents with references and WWW ressources


1 Introduction

Roots of the Field: Ethology / Neuroethology / Computational Neuroethology; Synthetic Modelling; Closed-loop Simulations; Biorobotics; Classical AI vs. ALife/Animat Research vs. Biorobotics; Application of Biorobotics; Problems of Biorobotics; Range of Studied Capabilities
Biorobotics Resource Page
maintained by Brian Scassellati, MIT, AI Lab

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A Biological Perspective on Autonomous Agent Design
Beer, Randall D.; Chiel, Hillel J.; Sterling, Leon S.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 6, 1990, 169-186

Intelligence as Adaptive Behavior
Beer, Randall D.

Academic Press, 1990

Computational Neuroethology: A Provisional Manifesto
Cliff, Dave

In: From Animals to Animats, pp. 29-39

(Meyer, Jean-Arcady; Wilson, Stewart W.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1991

Artificial Life as a Tool for Biological Inquiry
Taylor, Charles; Jefferson, David

In: Artificial Life: an overview, pp. 1-13

(Langton, Christopher G.; ed.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1995

Using robots to model animals: a cricket test
Webb, Barbara

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 16, 1995, 117-134

How to attract females: further robotic experiments in cricket phonotaxis
Webb, Barbara; Hallam, John

In: From Animals to Animats 4, pp. 75-83

(Maes, Pattie; Mataric, Maja J.; Meyer, Jean-Arcady; Pollack, Jordan; Wilson, Stewart W.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1996

Biologically inspired control of autonomous robots
Bekey, George A.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 18, 1996, 21-31

Biologically Inspired Approaches to Robotics
Beer, Randall D.; Quinn, Roger D.; Chiel, Hillel J.; Ritzmann, Roy E.

Communications of the ACM, Vol. 40, No. 3, March, 1997, 32-38

A Robot Attracted to the Cricket Species Gryllus bimaculatus
Lund, Henrik Hautop; Webb, Barbara; Hallam, John

In: Artificial Life IV, pp. 246-255

(Husbands, P.; Harvey, I.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA , 1997

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Behavior-Oriented Approaches to Cognition: Theoretical Perspectives
Mallot, Hanspeter A.

Theory in Biosciences, Vol. 116, 1997, 196-220

From natural to artificial life: Biomimetic mechanisms in animat design
Meyer, Jean-Arcady

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 22, 1997, 3-21

Behavior-based Robotics
Arkin, Ronald C.

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998

Biorobotic approaches to the study of motor systems
Beer, Randall D.; Chiel, Hillel J.; Quinn, Roger D.; Ritzmann, Roy E.

Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Vol. 8, 1998, 777-782

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Animats and what they can tell us
Dean, Jeffrey

Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 2, February, 1998, 60-67

Physical and Temporal Scaling Considerations in a Robot Model of Cricket Calling Song Preference
Lund, Henrik Hautop; Webb, Barbara; Hallam, John

In: Artificial Life VI, pp. 63-71

(Adami, Christoph; Belew, Richard K.; Kitano, Hiroaki; Taylor, Charles; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998

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A Neuromorphic Visual Motion Sensor for Real-World Robots
Harrison, Reid R.; Koch, Christof

In: Workshop on Defining the Future of Biomorphic Robotics, IROS 1998

1998

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A framework for models of biological behaviour
Webb, Barbara

International Journal of Neural Systems, Vol. 9, No. 5, October, 1999, 375-381

Biomimetic Robot Navigation
Franz, Matthias O.; Mallot, Hanspeter A.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 30, 2000, 133-153

The nature of biorobotic models
Webb, Barbara

In: Biorobotics

(Consi, Thomas; Webb, Barbara; eds.)

AAAI Press, 2000 (to appear)

A Spiking Neuron Controller for Robot Phonotaxis
Webb, Barbara

In: Biorobotics

(Consi, Thomas; Webb, Barbara; eds.)

AAAI Press, 2000 (to appear)

2 Navigation

2.1 Overview

Where did I take that snapshot? Scene-based homing by image matching
Franz, Matthias O.; Schölkopf, Bernhard; Mallot, Hanspeter A.; Bülthoff, Heinrich H.

Biological Cybernetics, Vol. 79, 1998, 191-202

Biomimetic Robot Navigation
Franz, Matthias O.; Mallot, Hanspeter A.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 30, 2000, 133-153

Biologically Based Artificial Navigation Systems: Review and Prospects
Trullier, Olivier; Wiener, Sidney I.; Berthoz, Alain; Meyer, Jean-Arcady

Progress in Neurobiology, Vol. 51, 1997, 483-544

2.2 Local Navigation

2.2.1 Direction Following

2.2.1.1 Trail Following

Sensing Odour Trail for Mobile Robot Navigation
Russell, Andrew; Thiel, David; Mackay-Sim, Alan

In: Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, San Diego, CA, pp. 2672-2677

1994

Laying and Sensing Odor Markings as a Strategy for Assisting Mobile Robot Navigation Tasks
Russell, R. Andrew

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, September, 1995, 3-9

Simulated and situated models of chemical trail following in ants
Sharpe, Titus; Webb, Barbara

In: From Animals to Animats 5, pp. 195-204

(Pfeifer, Rolf; Blumberg, Bruce; Meyer, Jean-Arcady; Wilson, Stewart W.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998

2.2.1.2 Path Integration

2.2.1.2.1 Polarized Light Compass

Investigating path integration and visual piloting of desert ants with mobile robots
AI Lab, University of Zurich, Switzerland

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An Autonomous Agent Navigating with a Polarized Light Compass
Lambrinos, Dimitrios; Maris, Marinus; Kobayashi, Hiroshi; Labhart, Thomas; Pfeifer, Rolf; Wehner, Rüdiger

Adaptive Behavior, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1997, 131-161

Modeling Ant Navigation with an Autonomous Agent
Möller, Ralf; Lambrinos, Dimitrios; Pfeifer, Rolf; Wehner, Rüdiger; Labhart, Thomas

In: From Animals to Animats 5, pp. 185-194

(Pfeifer, Rolf; Blumberg, Bruce; Meyer, Jean-Arcady; Wilson, Stewart W.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998

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A mobile robot employing insect strategies for navigation
Lambrinos, Dimitrios; Möller, Ralf; Labhart, Thomas; Pfeifer, Rolf; Wehner, Rüdiger

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 30, 2000, 39-64

HTML, Document

2.2.2 Aiming

2.2.2.1 Introduction

Physical and Temporal Scaling Considerations in a Robot Model of Cricket Calling Song Preference
Lund, Henrik Hautop; Webb, Barbara; Hallam, John

In: Artificial Life VI, pp. 63-71

(Adami, Christoph; Belew, Richard K.; Kitano, Hiroaki; Taylor, Charles; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998

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Vehicles - Experiments in Synthetic Psychology
Braitenberg, Valentino

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1984

2.2.2.2 Cricket Phonotaxis

Robotic Experiments in Cricket Phonotaxis
The LEGO Lab, University of Aarhus, Denmark

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Using robots to model animals: a cricket test
Webb, Barbara

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 16, 1995, 117-134

How to attract females: further robotic experiments in cricket phonotaxis
Webb, Barbara; Hallam, John

In: From Animals to Animats 4, pp. 75-83

(Maes, Pattie; Mataric, Maja J.; Meyer, Jean-Arcady; Pollack, Jordan; Wilson, Stewart W.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1996

A Cricket Robot
Webb, Barbara

Scientific American, Vol. 275, December, 1996

A Robot Attracted to the Cricket Species Gryllus bimaculatus
Lund, Henrik Hautop; Webb, Barbara; Hallam, John

In: Artificial Life IV, pp. 246-255

(Husbands, P.; Harvey, I.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA , 1997

HTML, Document

Physical and Temporal Scaling Considerations in a Robot Model of Cricket Calling Song Preference
Lund, Henrik Hautop; Webb, Barbara; Hallam, John

In: Artificial Life VI, pp. 63-71

(Adami, Christoph; Belew, Richard K.; Kitano, Hiroaki; Taylor, Charles; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998

HTML, Document

2.2.2.3 Lobster Chemotaxis

Robolobster - a robot used for investigating chemotaxis in turbulent water
Boston University, Marine Biology Lab, Woods Hole

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Locating Odor Sources in Turbulence with a Lobster Inspired Robot
Grasso, Frank; Consi, Thomas; Mountain, David; Atema, Jelle

In: From Animals to Animats 4, pp. 104-112

(Maes, Pattie; Mataric, Maja J.; Meyer, Jean-Arcady; Pollack, Jordan; Wilson, Stewart W.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1996

Biomimetic robot lobster performs chemo-orientation in turbulence using a pair of spatially separated sensors: Progress and challenges
Grasso, Frank W.; Consi, Thomas R.; Mountain, David C.; Atema, Jelle

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 30, 2000, 115-131

2.2.2.4 Chemotaxis in C. elegans

Biomimetic Robot Modeling Chemotaxis in C. elegans
Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon

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Robust Spatial Navigation in a Robot Inspired by Chemotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans
Morse, Thomas M.; Ferrée, Thomas C.; Lockery, Shawn R.

Adaptive Behavior, Vol. 6, No. 3/4, 1998, 393-410

2.2.3 Guidance

2.2.3.1 Snapshot Model

Investigating path integration and visual piloting of desert ants with mobile robots
AI Lab, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Page 1, Page 2

A mobile robot employing insect strategies for navigation
Lambrinos, Dimitrios; Möller, Ralf; Labhart, Thomas; Pfeifer, Rolf; Wehner, Rüdiger

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 30, 2000, 39-64

HTML, Document

Modeling Ant Navigation with an Autonomous Agent
Möller, Ralf; Lambrinos, Dimitrios; Pfeifer, Rolf; Wehner, Rüdiger; Labhart, Thomas

In: From Animals to Animats 5, pp. 185-194

(Pfeifer, Rolf; Blumberg, Bruce; Meyer, Jean-Arcady; Wilson, Stewart W.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998

HTML, Document

Insect Strategies of Visual Homing in Mobile Robots
Möller, Ralf; Lambrinos, Dimitrios; Roggendorf, Thorsten; Pfeifer, Rolf; Wehner, Rüdiger

In: Biorobotics

(Consi, T.; Webb, B.; eds.)

AAAI Press, 2000 (to appear)

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2.2.3.2 Average Landmark Vector Model

Visual landmark navigation in analog hardware
AI Lab, University of Zurich

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Modeling Ant Navigation with an Autonomous Agent
Möller, Ralf; Lambrinos, Dimitrios; Pfeifer, Rolf; Wehner, Rüdiger; Labhart, Thomas

In: From Animals to Animats 5, pp. 185-194

(Pfeifer, Rolf; Blumberg, Bruce; Meyer, Jean-Arcady; Wilson, Stewart W.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998

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Visual Homing in Analog Hardware
Möller, Ralf

International Journal of Neural Systems, Vol. 9, No. 5, October, 1999, 383-389

HTML, Document

Insect Strategies of Visual Homing in Mobile Robots
Möller, Ralf; Lambrinos, Dimitrios; Roggendorf, Thorsten; Pfeifer, Rolf; Wehner, Rüdiger

In: Biorobotics

(Consi, T.; Webb, B.; eds.)

AAAI Press, 2000 (to appear)

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Insect Visual Homing Strategies in a Robot with Analog Processing
Möller, Ralf

Biological Cybernetics, Vol. 83, No. 3, 2000, 231-243

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2.2.3.3 Image Warping Model

Where did I take that snapshot? Scene-based homing by image matching
Franz, Matthias O.; Schölkopf, Bernhard; Mallot, Hanspeter A.; Bülthoff, Heinrich H.

Biological Cybernetics, Vol. 79, 1998, 191-202

2.3 Way-Finding

2.3.1 Topological Navigation

Learning View Graphs for Robot Navigation
Franz, Matthias O.; Schölkopf, Bernhard; Mallot, Hanspeter A.; Bülthoff, Heinrich

Autonomous Robots, Vol. 5, 1998, 111-125

3 Visuomotor Control

3.1 Analog Computation

Analog VLSI and Neural Systems
Mead, Carver

Addison Wesley, 1989

Neuromorphic Analogue VLSI
Douglas, Rodney; Mahowald, Misha; Mead, Carver

Annual Review of Neuroscience, Vol. 18, 1995, 255-281

3.2 Obstacle Avoidance

Visual guidance of a mobile robot equipped with a network of self-motion sensors
Pichon, Jean-Marc; Blanes, Christian; Franceschini, Nicolas

In: SPIE Vol. 1195 Mobile Robots IV, pp. 44-53

1989

Directionally Selective Motion Detection by Insect Neurons
Franceschini, Nicolas; Riehle, Alexa; Le Nestour, Agnes

In: Facets of Vision, chapter 17, pp. 360-390

(Stavenga, D. H.; Hardie, R.; eds.)

Springer, Berlin, New York, 1989

From insect vision to robot vision
Franceschini, N.; Pichon, J. M.; Blanes, C.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London: Biological Sciences (Series B), Vol. 337, 1992, 283-294

Obstacle avoidance and speed control in a mobile vehicle equipped with a compound eye
Martin, Nicolas; Franceschini, Nicolas

In: Intelligent Vehicles, pp. 381-386

(Masaki, I.; ed.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1994

Obstacle avoidance in a terrestrial mobile robot provided with a scanning retina
Mura, Fabrizio; Franceschini, Nicolas

In: Intelligent Vehicles II

(Aoki, M.; Masaki, I.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1996

Biologically inspired "Retinal Scanning" enhances motion perception of a mobile robot
Mura, Fabrizio; Franceschini, Nicolas

In: Proc. 1st Europe-Asian Congress on Mechantronics Vol. 3, pp. 934-904

(Bourjault, A.; Hata, S.; eds.)

1996

3.3 Obstacle Avoidance and Stabilization

Robot experiments with analog VLSI biologically-inspired optomotor system
California Institute of Technology, Computation and Neural Systems Program

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An Analog VLSI Model of the Fly Elementary Motion Detector
Harrison, Reid R.; Koch, Christof

In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 10, pp. 880-886

(Jordan, M. I.; Kearns, M. J.; Solla, S. A.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998

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A Neuromorphic Visual Motion Sensor for Real-World Robots
Harrison, Reid R.; Koch, Christof

In: Workshop on Defining the Future of Biomorphic Robotics, IROS 1998

1998

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4 Locomotion

4.1 Hexapod Locomotion

Application of studies of insect walking to the control of locomotion in legged robots
Case Western Reserve University

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What mechanisms coordinate leg movement in walking arthropods?
Cruse, Holk

Trends in Neurosciences, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1990, 15-21

A Biological Perspective on Autonomous Agent Design
Beer, Randall D.; Chiel, Hillel J.; Sterling, Leon S.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 6, 1990, 169-186

A Distributed Neural Network Architecture for Hexapod Robot Locomotion
Beer, Randall D.; Chiel, Hillel J.; Quinn, Roger D.; Espenschied, Kenneth S.; Larsson, Patrik

Neural Computation, Vol. 4, 1992, 356-365

Robustness of a Distributed Neural Network Controller for Locomotion in a Hexapod Robot
Chiel, Hillel J.; Beer, Randall D.; Quinn, Roger D.; Espenschied, Kenneth S.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 8, No. 3, June, 1992, 293-303

Control of a Hexapod Robot Using a Biologically Inspired Neural Network
Quinn, Roger D.; Espenschied, Kenneth S.

In: Biological neural networks in invertebrate neuroethology and robotics, chapter XVI, pp. 365-381

(Beer, Randall D.; Ritzmann, Roy E.; McKenna, Thomas; eds.)

Academic Press, San Diego, 1992

Biologically based distributed control and local reflexes improve rough terrain locomotion in a hexapod robot
Espenschied, Kenneth S.; Quinn, Roger D.; Beer, Randall D.; Chiel, Hillel J.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 18, 1996, 59-64

Application of evolved locomotion controllers to a hexapod robot
Gallagher, John C.; Beer, Randall D.; Espenschied, Kenneth S.; Quinn, Roger D.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 19, 1996, 95-103

Biologically Inspired Approaches to Robotics
Beer, Randall D.; Quinn, Roger D.; Chiel, Hillel J.; Ritzmann, Roy E.

Communications of the ACM, Vol. 40, No. 3, March, 1997, 32-38

Design and Simulation of a Cockroach-like Hexapod Robot
Nelson, G. M.; Quinn, R. D.; Bachmann, R. J.; Flannigan, W. C.; Ritzmann, R. E.; Watson, J. T.

In: Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1997

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Posture Control of a Cockroach-like Robot
Nelson, G. M.; Quinn, R. D.

In: Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Leuven, Belgium

1998

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Construction of a Hexapod Robot with Cockroach Kinematics Benefits both Robotics and Biology
Quinn, Roger D.; Ritzmann, Roy E.

Connection Science, Vol. 10, No. 3-4, 1998, 239-254

Biorobotic approaches to the study of motor systems
Beer, Randall D.; Chiel, Hillel J.; Quinn, Roger D.; Ritzmann, Roy E.

Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Vol. 8, 1998, 777-782

HTML, Document

Control of hexapod walking machines
University of Munich, Germany

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4.2 Swimming

Robot Tuna / Robot Pike
MIT Department of Ocean Engineering

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Blackbass Robot
Underwater Robotics Laboratory, Tokai University

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Fish robot replicating the rarely seen coelacanth
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)

Page 1

Biomimetic Underwater Robot Program
Northeastern University, Marine Science Center

Page 1, Page 2, Page 3

An Efficient Swimming Machine
Triantafyllou, Michael S.; Triantafyllou, George S.

Scientific American, March, 1995, 40-48

Drag Reduction and Turbulence Control in Swimming Fish-like Bodies
Wolfgang, M. J.; Tolkoff, S. W.; Techet, A. H.; Barrett, D. S.; Triantafyllou, M. S.; Yue, D. K. P.; Hover, F. S.; Grosenbaugh, M. A.; McGillis, W. R.

In: Proc. Intl. Symposium on Seawater Drag Reduction, New Port, Rhode Island, pp. 463-469

1998

A Fast-Starting and Maneuvering Vehicle, the ROBOPIKE
Kumph, John Muir; Triantafyllou, M. S.

In: Proc. Intl. Symposium on Seawater Drag Reduction, New Port, Rhode Island, pp. 485-490

1998

Drag reduction in fish-like motion
Barrett, D. S.; Triantafyllou, M. S.; Yue, D. K. P.; Grosenbaugh, M. A.; Wolfgang, M. J.

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 392, 1999, 183-212

4.3 Serpentine Movements

Robot-Snake with Flexible Real-Time Control
GMD Germany

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Snake 2 - A robot for difficult inspection tasks
GMD Germany

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Limbless Locomotion: Learning to Crawl with a Snake Robot
K. Dowling, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

Page 1

Serpentine Robotics Project
NASA

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Dr. Gavin Miller's Snake Robots
Dr. Gavin Miller (private research)

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Active Cord Mechanism model ACM III: serpentine movement as in snakes
Hirose and Yoneda Lab, Japan

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Biologically Inspired Robots - Snake-like Locomotors and Manipulators
Hirose, Shigeo

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1993

5 "Exotic" Biorobots

5.1 A "Bee-Robot"

A computer-controlled model bee
University of Würzburg, Germany

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The Sensory Basis of the Honeybee's Dance Language
Kirchner, Wolfgang H.; Towne, William F.

Scientific American, June, 1994, 52-59

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5.2 Hybrid Robots

A cockroach controling a mobile robot
Hajime Or

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Robotics platform that is controlled by locust flight muscle activity
Dept. of Biology, Queens University

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Biorobotics resources on the WWW


Visual landmark navigation in analog hardware
AI Lab, University of Zurich

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A computer-controlled model bee
University of Würzburg, Germany

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Biomimetic Robots
Stanford University

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Biorobotics Resource Page
maintained by Brian Scassellati, MIT, AI Lab

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Mobile robot moving from branch to branch dynamically like a long-armed ape
Fukuda Vachkov Lab, Nagoya University, Japan

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Biomimetic Robot Modeling Chemotaxis in C. elegans
Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon

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Limbless Locomotion: Learning to Crawl with a Snake Robot
K. Dowling, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

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Visual guidance of robots based on insect strategies
Biorobotic Vision Laboratory, Centre for Visual Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra

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Application of studies of insect walking to the control of locomotion in legged robots
Case Western Reserve University

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Insect Based Visual Guidance and its Application to the Autonomous Control of Mobile Robots
School of Computing at Curtin University of Technology - Perth Western Australia

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Controlled Biological Systems Program
DARPA

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Walking like an insect (contribution for INTEL International Sciences and Engineering Fair, 2000)
Alexis Lussier Desbiens, high school student, Quebec, Canada

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Fish robot replicating the rarely seen coelacanth
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)

Page 1

Robot-Snake with Flexible Real-Time Control
GMD Germany

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Snake 2 - A robot for difficult inspection tasks
GMD Germany

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HEXPLORER 2000 - A Six-Legged Walking Robot
University of Waterloo

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Active Cord Mechanism model ACM III: serpentine movement as in snakes
Hirose and Yoneda Lab, Japan

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Kaa: An Autonomous Serpentine Robot
Charles Rosenberg, Carnegie-Mellon University

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Walking machines: 0-legged-robots
A compilation by Christian Düntgen

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Robotics platform that is controlled by locust flight muscle activity
Dept. of Biology, Queens University

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Micromechanical Flying Insect (MFI) Project
Berkeley

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Legged robots for experiments on active balance in dynamic legged locomotion
MIT Leg Lab

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Dr. Gavin Miller's Snake Robots
Dr. Gavin Miller (private research)

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Control of hexapod walking machines
University of Munich, Germany

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Serpentine Robotics Project
NASA

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A cockroach controling a mobile robot
Hajime Or

Page 1

Robolobster - a robot used for investigating chemotaxis in turbulent water
Boston University, Marine Biology Lab, Woods Hole

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Robotic Experiments in Cricket Phonotaxis
The LEGO Lab, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Page 1

Robot Tuna / Robot Pike
MIT Department of Ocean Engineering

Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

Blackbass Robot
Underwater Robotics Laboratory, Tokai University

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Investigating path integration and visual piloting of desert ants with mobile robots
AI Lab, University of Zurich, Switzerland

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Robot experiments with analog VLSI biologically-inspired optomotor system
California Institute of Technology, Computation and Neural Systems Program

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Short-Lived Navigation Markes for Trail Following in Robots
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, MONASH UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA

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UIUC Hexapod Project
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Biomimetic Underwater Robot Program
Northeastern University, Marine Science Center

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Synthesizing human neurophysiology and biomechanics with robotic hardware and software
University of Washington Biorobotics Laboratory

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The Vorticity Control Unmanned Undersea Vehicle - A Biologically Inspired Autonomous Vehicle
Anderson, Jamie M.

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Behavior-based Robotics
Arkin, Ronald C.

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998

Spatial Cognition and Neuro-Mimetic Navigation: A Model of Hippocampal Place Cell Activity
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A Modular Behavioral-Based Architecture for Biomimetic Autonomous Underwater Robots
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1998

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Design of a Cockroach-like Hexapod Robot
Bachmann, R. J.; Nelson, G. M.; Flannigan, W. C.; Quinn, R. D.; Watson, J. T.; Ritzmann, R. E.

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Phased Vortex Seeding for Thrust Modulation in a Rigid Cylinder with Flapping Foil Thrusters
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Hydrodynamics of Wave-like Curvature on Bodies of Swimming Animals
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Drag reduction in fish-like motion
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Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 6, 1990, 169-186

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Beer, Randall D.

Academic Press, 1990

A Distributed Neural Network Architecture for Hexapod Robot Locomotion
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Beer, Randall D.; Quinn, Roger D.; Chiel, Hillel J.; Ritzmann, Roy E.

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Biorobotic approaches to the study of motor systems
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Biologically inspired control of autonomous robots
Bekey, George A.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 18, 1996, 21-31

Collision avoidance using a model of the locust LGMD neuron
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Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 30, 2000, 17-38

A Review of Biologically Motivated Space-Variant Data Reduction Models for Robotic Vision
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Vehicles - Experiments in Synthetic Psychology
Braitenberg, Valentino

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1984

A Robot that Walks: Emergent Behaviors from a Carefully Evolved Network
Brooks, Rodney A.

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Academic Press, San Diego, 1992

Artificial Life and Real Robots
Brooks, Rodney A.

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(Varela, Francisco J.; Bourgine, Paul; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1992

Gait Generation and Obstacle Avoidance of an Autonomous Six-legged Walking Machine
Bührle, P.; Wauer, J.

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Robotic and neuronal simulation of the hippocampus and rat navigation
Burgess, Neil; Donnett, James G.; Jeffery, Kathryn J.; O'Keefe, John

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Using a Mobile Robot to Test a Model of the Rat Hippocampus
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Neuroethology
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MIT Press, 2000

Estimating Doppler shift with a coarse cochlear filter bank
Carmena, Jose M.; Hallam, John C. T.

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Takamatsu, Japan, 2000

Landmark learning in bees
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Navigation, path planning and homing for autonomous mobile robots using panoramic visual sensors
Chahl, J. S.; Srinivasan, M. V.

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A neuromorphic hair sensor model of wind-mediated escape in the cricket
Chapman, Tim; Webb, Barbara

International Journal of Neural Systems, Vol. 9, No. 5, October, 1999, 397-403

Robustness of a Distributed Neural Network Controller for Locomotion in a Hexapod Robot
Chiel, Hillel J.; Beer, Randall D.; Quinn, Roger D.; Espenschied, Kenneth S.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 8, No. 3, June, 1992, 293-303

Computational Neuroethology: A Provisional Manifesto
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Computational Neuroethology: A Provisional Manifesto
Cliff, Dave

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MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1991

What mechanisms coordinate leg movement in walking arthropods?
Cruse, Holk

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Coordination in a six-legged walking system. Simple solution to complex problems by exploitation of physical properties
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(Maes, Pattie; Mataric, Maja J.; Meyer, Jean-Arcady; Pollack, Jordan; Wilson, Stewart W.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1996

MMC - a recurrent neural network which can be used as manipulable body model
Cruse, Holk; Steinkühler, Ulrich; Burkamp, Christian

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(Pfeifer, Rolf; Blumberg, Bruce; Meyer, Jean-Arcady; Wilson, Stewart W.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998

Jet-Propelled Tuna
Davis, Bennett

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Animats and what they can tell us
Dean, Jeffrey

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Architectures for a biomimetic hexapod robot
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Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 30, 2000, 5-15

Neuromorphic Analogue VLSI
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Synthetic neural modeling applied to a real-world artifact
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Biologically based distributed control and local reflexes improve rough terrain locomotion in a hexapod robot
Espenschied, Kenneth S.; Quinn, Roger D.; Beer, Randall D.; Chiel, Hillel J.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 18, 1996, 59-64

Mammalian Navigation, Neural Models and Biorobotics
Etienne, A. S.

Connection Science, Vol. 10, No. 3-4, 1998, 271-289

Intelligent Robot Vision Sensors in VLSI
Etienne-Cumming, Ralph

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1998

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Motion Controller for the K2T, Inc. Crab-like Robot
Flannigan, W. C.; Nelson, G. M.; Quinn, R. D.

In: Structural Dynamics and Control, Proc. 11th VPI&SU Symposium, Blacksburg, Virginia, pp. 191-198

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1997

Directionally Selective Motion Detection by Insect Neurons
Franceschini, Nicolas; Riehle, Alexa; Le Nestour, Agnes

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Springer, Berlin, New York, 1989

From insect vision to robot vision
Franceschini, N.; Pichon, J. M.; Blanes, C.

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Bionics of visuo-motor control
Franceschini, N.; Pichon, J. M.; Blanes, C.

In: Evolutionary Robotics: From Intelligent Robots to Artificial Life, pp. 49-67

(Gomi, T.; ed.)

AAI Books, Ottawa, 1997

Biomimetic Robot Navigation
Franz, Matthias O.; Mallot, Hanspeter A.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 30, 2000, 133-153

Where did I take that snapshot? Scene-based homing by image matching
Franz, Matthias O.; Schölkopf, Bernhard; Mallot, Hanspeter A.; Bülthoff, Heinrich H.

Biological Cybernetics, Vol. 79, 1998, 191-202

Learning View Graphs for Robot Navigation
Franz, Matthias O.; Schölkopf, Bernhard; Mallot, Hanspeter A.; Bülthoff, Heinrich

Autonomous Robots, Vol. 5, 1998, 111-125

Motion control of a brachiation robot
Fukuda, Toshio; Saito, Fuminori

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 18, 1996, 83-93

Application of evolved locomotion controllers to a hexapod robot
Gallagher, John C.; Beer, Randall D.; Espenschied, Kenneth S.; Quinn, Roger D.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 19, 1996, 95-103

The visual homing problem: An example of robotics/biology cross fertilization
Gaussier, P.; Joulain, C.; Banquet, J. P.; Lepére, S.; Revel, A.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 30, 2000, 155-180

Honeybees mark with scent and reject recently visited flowers
Giurfa, M.; Nùñez, J. A.

Oecologica, Vol. 89, 1992, 113-117

Locating Chemical Sources in Marine Environments: Information, Robot Design and Animal Adaptation to the Environment
Grasso, Frank W.

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Biomimetic robot lobster performs chemo-orientation in turbulence using a pair of spatially separated sensors: Progress and challenges
Grasso, Frank W.; Consi, Thomas R.; Mountain, David C.; Atema, Jelle

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Locating Odor Sources in Turbulence with a Lobster Inspired Robot
Grasso, Frank; Consi, Thomas; Mountain, David; Atema, Jelle

In: From Animals to Animats 4, pp. 104-112

(Maes, Pattie; Mataric, Maja J.; Meyer, Jean-Arcady; Pollack, Jordan; Wilson, Stewart W.; eds.)

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Comparing Robot and Animal Behavior
Hallam, Bridget; Hayes, Gillian

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Spezifität und Inaktivierung des Spurpheromons von Lasius fuliginosus Latr. und Orientierung der Arbeiterinnen im Duftfeld
Hangartner, W.

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The Anthroform Biorobotic Arm: A system for the study of spinal circuits
Hannaford, Blake; Winters, Jack M.; Chou, Ching-Ping; Marbot, Pierre-Henry

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An Analog VLSI Motion Sensor Based on the Fly Visual System
Harrison, Reid R.

PhD thesis, California Institute of Technology, 2000

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An Analog VLSI Model of the Fly Elementary Motion Detector
Harrison, Reid R.; Koch, Christof

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MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998

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A Neuromorphic Visual Motion Sensor for Real-World Robots
Harrison, Reid R.; Koch, Christof

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An analog VLSI implementation of a visual interneuron: Enhanced sensory processing through biophysical modeling
Harrison, Reid R.; Koch, Christof

International Journal of Neural Systems, Vol. 9, No. 5, October, 1999, 391-395

Biologically Inspired Robots - Snake-like Locomotors and Manipulators
Hirose, Shigeo

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1993

General systems group report
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Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 18, 1996, 95-99

Journey to the Ants. A Story of Scientific Exploration
Hölldobler, Bert; Wilson, Edward O.

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1994

Grey Walter: the pioneer of real artificial life
Holland, Owen

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(Langton, Christopher; Shimohara, Katsunori; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1997

A Small-Sized Panoramic Scanning Visual Sensor Inspired by the Fly's Compound Eye
Hoshino, Kazunori; Mura, Fabrizio; Morii, Hiroshi; Suematsu, Keigo; Shimoyama, Isao

In: Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Leuven, Belgium, pp. 1641-1646

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The Scope of Neuroethology
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Evolution of the Sensorimotor Control in an Automous Agent
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(Maes, Pattie; Mataric, Maja J.; Meyer, Jean-Arcady; Pollack, Jordan; Wilson, Stewart W.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1996

Simulation and Robot Implementation of Visual Orientation Behaviors of Flies
Huber, Susanne A.; Bülthoff, Heinrich H.

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(Pfeifer, Rolf; Blumberg, Bruce; Meyer, Jean-Arcady; Wilson, Stewart W.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998

Navigation in an autonomous flying robot by using a biologically inspired visual odometer
Iida, Fumiya; Lambrinos, Dimitrios

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BISAM: From small mammals to a four-legged walking machine
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(Pfeifer, Rolf; Blumberg, Bruce; Meyer, Jean-Arcady; Wilson, Stewart W.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998

Adaptive Behavior of Quadruped Walking Robot under Periodic Perturbation
Ito, Satoshi; Luo, Zhi-wei; Ito, Masami; Yanagihara, Dai

In: From Animals to Animats 5, pp. 408-413

(Pfeifer, Rolf; Blumberg, Bruce; Meyer, Jean-Arcady; Wilson, Stewart W.; eds.)

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998

Guidance and Control of Fish Robot with Apparatus of Pectoral Fin Motion
Kato, Naomi; Inaba, Tadahio

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1998

Towards and artificial pinna for a narrow-band biomimetic sonarhead
Kim, DaeEun; Carmena, Jose M.; Hallam, John C. T.

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The Sensory Basis of the Honeybee's Dance Language
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Scientific American, June, 1994, 52-59

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GMD-Snake2: A Snake-Like Robot Driven By Wheels and a Method for Motion Control
Klaassen, Bernhard; Paap, Karl L.

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1999

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Design and Mechanics of an Antagonistic Biomimetic Actuator System
Kolacinski, R. M.; Quinn, R. D.

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A novel biomimetic actuator system
Kolacinski, Richard M.; Quinn, Roger D.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 25, 1998, 1-18

The call of duty: Self-organized task allocation in a population of up to twelve mobile robots
Krieger, Michael B.; Billeter, Jean-Bernard

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 30, 2000, 65-84

Cooperative transport by ants and robots
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Biomimetic sonar recognizes objects using binaural information
Kuc, Roman

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A Fast-Starting and Maneuvering Vehicle, the ROBOPIKE
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Behavior Control of Insects by Artificial Electrical Stimulation
Kuwana, Yoshihiko; Watanabe, Naomitsu; Shimoyama, Isao; Miura, Hirofumi

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Steering Control of a Mobile Robot using Insect Antennae
Kuwana, Yoshihiko; Shimoyama, Isao; Miura, Hirofumi

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1995

Synthesis of Pheromone-Oriented Emergent Behavior of a Silkworm Moth
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A Robot that Behaves like a Silkworm Moth in the Pheromone Stream
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An Autonomous Agent Navigating with a Polarized Light Compass
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Toward optimal sensor morphology for specific tasks: Evolution of an artificial compound eye for estimating time to contact
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Silicon Model of Motion Adaptation in the Fly Visual System
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The Foundations of Ethology
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A Robot Attracted to the Cricket Species Gryllus bimaculatus
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Physical and Temporal Scaling Considerations in a Robot Model of Cricket Calling Song Preference
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Behavior-Based Robotics as a Tool for Synthesis of Artificial Behavior and Analysis of Natural Behavior
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Insect-model based microrobot
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Insect Strategies of Visual Homing in Mobile Robots
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Insect Visual Homing Strategies in a Robot with Analog Processing
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Modeling Ant Navigation with an Autonomous Agent
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Biomimetic Robotic Propulsion Using Polymeric Artificial Muscles
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Robust Spatial Navigation in a Robot Inspired by Chemotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans
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Obstacle avoidance in a terrestrial mobile robot provided with a scanning retina
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Biologically inspired "Retinal Scanning" enhances motion perception of a mobile robot
Mura, Fabrizio; Franceschini, Nicolas

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Nehmzow, Ulrich

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Design and Simulation of a Cockroach-like Hexapod Robot
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1997

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Posture Control of a Cockroach-like Robot
Nelson, G. M.; Quinn, R. D.

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1998

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Neuromorphic Optical Flow Sensing for Nap-of-the-Earth Flight
Netter, Thomas; Franceschini, Nicolas

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Roaches at the Wheels
Yam, Philip

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GMD-Snake: A Semi-Autonomous Snake-like Robot
Paap, Karl L.; Dehlwisch, Michael; Klaassen, Bernhard

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