Title
Evaluating Morphological Computation in Muscle and DC-Motor Driven Models of Hopping Movements.
Abstract
In the context of embodied artificial intelligence, morphological computation refers to processes which are conducted by the body (and environment) that otherwise would have to be performed by the brain. Exploiting environmental and morphological properties is an important feature of embodied systems. The main reason is that it allows to significantly reduce the controller complexity. An important aspect of morphological computation is that it cannot be assigned to an embodied system per se, but that it is, as we show, behavior- and state-dependent. In this work, we evaluate two different measures of morphological computation that can be applied in robotic systems and in computer simulations of biological movement. As an example, these measures were evaluated on muscle and DC-motor driven hopping models. We show that a state-dependent analysis of the hopping behaviors provides additional insights that cannot be gained from the averaged measures alone. This work includes algorithms and computer code for the measures.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.3389/FROBT.2016.00042
Front. Robotics and AI
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Journal
2016
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Keyan Ghazi-Zahedi1183.51
Daniel F. B. Haeufle273.56
Guido Montúfar300.34
Syn Schmitt4136.01
Nihat Ay5101.97