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Barbara Webb
2pm, Friday 21 May
If biological inspiration can be used to build robots that deal robustly with complex environments, it should be possible to demonstrate that `biorobots' can function in natural environments. I will describe some outdoor experiments with a robot designed to emulate cricket behaviour. The work integrates a detailed neural model of auditory localisation in the cricket with a robot morphology that incorporates principles of six-legged locomotion. It can successfully track a cricket calling song over natural terrain, but there are several limitations in its capability. Some biologically insprired improvements are suggested for future work.
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