Code
01D01521
Duration
01 November 2021 → 31 October 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Adaptive agents and intelligent robotics
- Neural, evolutionary and fuzzy computation
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Engineering and technology
- Robotics and automatic control
Keywords
Artificial Intelligence
Evolutionary co-optimization
Robotics
Biomimicry
Project description
By drawing inspiration from the functional behavior of the seahorse tail, we propose a novel type of bio-inspired robotic manipulator that combines the rigidness and strength offered by hard robot arms and the dynamic conformation potential and flexibility of soft robotics. Additionally, we propose a novel and generic methodology for robot morphology and controller co-optimization through evolution.