Morphological Computation: The Body as a Computational Resource

Helmut Hauser; Rudolf Marcel Füchslin; Kohei Nakajima

Morphological Computation: The Body as a Computational Resource

Helmut Hauser, Rudolf Marcel Füchslin, Kohei Nakajima

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Abstract

Recently, two theoretical models for morphological computation have been proposed [13,14]. Based on a rigorous mathematical framework and simula- tions it has been demonstrated that compliant, complex physical bodies can be ef- fectively employed as computational resources. Even more recent work showed that these models are not only of theoretical nature, but are also applicable to a number of different soft robotic platforms. Motivated by these encouraging results we dis- cuss a number of remarkable implications when real physical bodies are employed as computational resources.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Opinions and Outlooks on Morphological Computation
Editors	Helmut Hauser, Rudolf M. Füchslin, Rolf Pfeifer
Publisher	Self-published
Pages	226-244
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-033-04515-6
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Morphological Computation
Embodiment
Soft Robotics

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