Modeling embodied intelligence: can we capture its essence by modeling internal and external interactions?

In soft robotics, embodied intelligence leverages on the compliance of the physical body to let sensory-motor behaviour emerge from the interaction with the environment. Soft robot modeling often focuses on the effect of actuation on the deformable body. Can we model and describe mathematically the...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2023-10, Vol.1292 (1), p.12001
Main Author: Laschi, Cecilia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actuation
Deformation effects
Environment models
Formability
Intelligence
Robots
Soft robotics
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Summary:In soft robotics, embodied intelligence leverages on the compliance of the physical body to let sensory-motor behaviour emerge from the interaction with the environment. Soft robot modeling often focuses on the effect of actuation on the deformable body. Can we model and describe mathematically the deformations of a soft robot body under external interaction forces? Would that capture the essence of embodied intelligence? We argue that addressing this challenge, in an interdisciplinary effort, would make embodied intelligence and soft robotics take a leap forward and transition from a trial-and-error pioneering phase to a model-informed discipline era.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/1292/1/012001