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OCTOPUS

OCTOPUS (Novel Design Principles and Technologies for a New Generation of High Dexterity Soft-bodied Robots Inspired by the Morphology and Behaviour of the Octopus)

OCTOPUS aims at investigating and understanding the principles that give rise to the octopus sensory-motor capabilities and at incorporating them in new design approaches and technologies for building physically embodied, soft-bodied, hyper-redundant, dextrous artefacts.

To this purpose, a robotic artefact will be built in OCTOPUS, that can locomote in water over a variety of terrains, explore narrow spaces, grasp objects and manipulate them effectively.

Project type FP7-ICT-2007.8.5 Large-Scale Integrating Project - IP

Project duration 4 Years - Kickoff 18/02/2009

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Last Updated on Thursday, 14 May 2009 22:58

VIACTORS

VIACTORS (Variable Impedance Actuators Embodying Advanced Interaction Behaviours) addresses the development and use of safe, energy-efficient and highly dynamic variable impedance actuation systems which will permit the embodiment of natural characteristics found in biological systems into the structures of the new generation of mechatronic systems.

The results of this project will deeply impact applications where successful task completion requires people and robots to collaborate directly in a shared workspace or robots to move autonomously and as efficiently as humans.

Project type: FP7-ICT-2007-3 Small or medium-scale focused research project - STREP

Project duration: 3 Years - Kickoff 02/02/2009

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Last Updated on Thursday, 14 May 2009 22:33

Robotcub

The RobotCub project is a research initiative dedicated to the realization of embodied cognitive systems and the creation of an advanced robotic platform for neuroscientific study. The two main goals of this project are; the creation of an open hardware/software humanoid robotic platform (iCub) for research in embodied cognition and the advancing of our neural understanding of cognitive systems by exploiting this platform in the study of the development of cognitive capabilities in humanoid robots.

Project type: FP6 - Large-Scale Integrating Project -IP
Project duration: 5 Years - Kickoff 16/09/2004

Last Updated on Monday, 08 June 2009 08:57

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