Biological underpinnings for lifelong learning machines

D Kudithipudi, M Aguilar-Simon, J Babb… - Nature Machine …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Biological organisms learn from interactions with their environment throughout their lifetime.
For artificial systems to successfully act and adapt in the real world, it is desirable to similarly …

Darwin's agential materials: evolutionary implications of multiscale competency in developmental biology

M Levin - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2023‏ - Springer
A critical aspect of evolution is the layer of developmental physiology that operates between
the genotype and the anatomical phenotype. While much work has addressed the evolution …

Collaborative multi-robot search and rescue: Planning, coordination, perception, and active vision

JP Queralta, J Taipalmaa, BC Pullinen, VK Sarker… - Ieee …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Search and rescue (SAR) operations can take significant advantage from supporting
autonomous or teleoperated robots and multi-robot systems. These can aid in map** and …

Embodied intelligence via learning and evolution

A Gupta, S Savarese, S Ganguli, L Fei-Fei - Nature communications, 2021‏ - nature.com
The intertwined processes of learning and evolution in complex environmental niches have
resulted in a remarkable diversity of morphological forms. Moreover, many aspects of animal …

A scalable pipeline for designing reconfigurable organisms

S Kriegman, D Blackiston, M Levin… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - pnas.org
Living systems are more robust, diverse, complex, and supportive of human life than any
technology yet created. However, our ability to create novel lifeforms is currently limited to …

A soft robot that adapts to environments through shape change

DS Shah, JP Powers, LG Tilton, S Kriegman… - Nature Machine …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Many organisms, including various species of spiders and caterpillars, change their shape
to switch gaits and adapt to different environments. Recent technological advances, ranging …

Living things are not (20th century) machines: updating mechanism metaphors in light of the modern science of machine behavior

J Bongard, M Levin - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
One of the most useful metaphors for driving scientific and engineering progress has been
that of the “machine.” Much controversy exists about the applicability of this concept in the …

Reprogrammable soft actuation and shape-shifting via tensile jamming

B Yang, R Baines, D Shah, S Patiballa, E Thomas… - Science …, 2021‏ - science.org
The emerging generation of robots composed of soft materials strives to match biological
motor adaptation skills via shape-shifting. Soft robots often harness volumetric expansion …

Stretchable Arduinos embedded in soft robots

SJ Woodman, DS Shah, M Landesberg, A Agrawala… - Science Robotics, 2024‏ - science.org
To achieve real-world functionality, robots must have the ability to carry out decision-making
computations. However, soft robots stretch and therefore need a solution other than rigid …

Real-world embodied AI through a morphologically adaptive quadruped robot

TF Nygaard, CP Martin, J Torresen, K Glette… - Nature Machine …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Robots are traditionally bound by a fixed morphology during their operational lifetime, which
is limited to adapting only their control strategies. Here we present the first quadrupedal …