TY - JOUR
T1 - Artificial bivalves - The biomimetics of underwater burrowing
AU - Germann, D P
AU - Schatz, Wolfgang
AU - Eggenberger Hotz, Peter
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Biomimetics is a fruitful combination of biology and engineering, leading not only to technological innovations but also new nsights into biological questions. In this ongoing project, embodied artificial intelligence (embodied AI), artificial evolution and palaeontology are combined to investigate the functional morphology of bivalves. This cross-fertilization allows to expand biomimetics from current biological systems to the whole evolutionary history and to apply the synthetic approach common in embodied AI as a method to tackle open palaeontological questions. So far, a robotic platform has been built to mimic the burrowing technique applied by bivalves. First results show interesting insights into underwater burrowing. We plan to build a more complex version of the system and to perform evolutionary robotics experiments.
AB - Biomimetics is a fruitful combination of biology and engineering, leading not only to technological innovations but also new nsights into biological questions. In this ongoing project, embodied artificial intelligence (embodied AI), artificial evolution and palaeontology are combined to investigate the functional morphology of bivalves. This cross-fertilization allows to expand biomimetics from current biological systems to the whole evolutionary history and to apply the synthetic approach common in embodied AI as a method to tackle open palaeontological questions. So far, a robotic platform has been built to mimic the burrowing technique applied by bivalves. First results show interesting insights into underwater burrowing. We plan to build a more complex version of the system and to perform evolutionary robotics experiments.
U2 - DOI : 10.1016/j.procs.2011.09.012
DO - DOI : 10.1016/j.procs.2011.09.012
M3 - Article
SN - 1877-0509
VL - 7
SP - 169
EP - 172
JO - Procedia Computer Science
JF - Procedia Computer Science
IS - 169
ER -