Artificial intelligence has been roughly divided into two schools of thought since its beginnings, the symbolic (also known as GOFAI, neat, classical, etc.) and the subsymbolic one (connectionist, scruffy, etc.). These two approaches have also had strong influence on the robotics field. In this paper we want to present a less known one, based on Ethology, and its application to the generation o...

the mysticisms origin is taken from the lyrical poetry and has been that a means for explore of his meaning. as the great sufi, ibn arabi this is done and properly, technically the lyrics which we see in the tarjoman-al-ashvaq are  the most of his odes of perfection and sophistication, and is rich in metaphors and efficient mysteries of the poem.correctlly, tarjoman-al-ashvaq is interpretation ...

abstract nature has developed materials, objects and processes that function from the macro scale to the nano scale. the understanding of the functions provided by objects and processes found in nature can guide us to imitate and produce appropriate architectural forms. biomimicry is a science that derives inspiration for solutions to human problems through the study of natural designs, systems...

By integrating design schemes, we conciliate several designs of the same real world done concurrently. These designs provide structural and semantic knowledge. To take into account the semantic of knowledge throughout the integration process, we have elaborate a fuzzy thesaurus, which allows to collect the semantic of the design-scheme knowledge, in order to nd the words wich are semantically c...

Biologically inspired robotics is a rapidly emerging research area standing at the cross-cut of biology, artificial intelligence, and robotics. The structural and functional perfection of the biological creatures achieved through thousands of years of evolution in nature have made them a great source of inspiration for designing complex autonomous systems. Accordingly, robotics researchers have...

in this research, first, kinematic and dynamic equations of a 4-dof 3-link robotic finger are derived using denavit-hartenberg convention and lagrange’s formulation. to model the muscles, several springs and dampers are placed between the finger links. then, two advanced controllers, namely adaptive-robust and adaptive-neural, which can control the robotic finger in presence of parametric uncer...

The need for novel abstractions for Wireless Sensor Networks inspired the exploration of possible knowledge theoretic models for these networks. Abstracting Wireless Sensor Networks as knowledge theoretic multiagent systems could enable the systematic design and verification of protocols, by examining whether a required state of knowledge is reached in the network. Such an abstraction can also ...

The use of bio-inspiration for the development of new products and devices requires new educational tools for students consisting of appropriate design and manufacturing technologies, as well as curriculum. At the University of Maryland, new educational tools have been developed that introduce bio-inspired product realization to undergraduate mechanical engineering students. These tools include...