Evolved electrophysiological soft robots

Artificial Life 14 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, ALIFE 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 222-229

  Cheney, Nicholas ^a   Clune, Jeff ^b   Lipson, Hod ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE;

CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; EMBEDDED CONTROL; EMBODIED COGNITION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MECHANICAL FORCE; SENSORY INFORMATION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 85086271206     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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