Project

Seahorse-inspired swiss army knife: versatile robot manipulators that also solve evolutionary problems

Code

BOF/24J/2021/372

Looptijd

01-10-2021 → 30-09-2025

Financiering

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Dominique Adriaens

Onderzoeksdisciplines

Natural sciences
- Machine learning and decision making
- Animal morphology, anatomy and physiology
- Phylogeny and comparative analysis
Engineering and technology
- Human-centred and life-like robotics
- Robot structures

Trefwoorden

zeepaardjes evolutionaire morfologie robot controle biomimetica automatisatie

Projectomschrijving

In this project we study the evolutionary adaptive nature of the seahorse tail by means of a robotic manipulator design process. The project relies on the co-learned embodiment and control by means of differentiable programming, starting from the morphology of a seahorse. By developing a parameterised, biomechanical model, this will lead to a versatile robotic manipulator that gives us a platform to test hypotheses on adaptive evolution in biology.