SNF Project Locomotion: Final report 2009-2010

From locomotion to cognition..............................................................................................................1 Table of contents ..............................................................................................................................1 1 Summary of results in last project period (1. 10. 2009 – 30. 9. 2010)..........................................2 (a) Work package 1: On-line manipulation of morphology.........................................................2 (b) Work package 2: Learning to exploit body dynamics............................................................5 (c) Work package 3: Towards anticipatory behavior grounded in body dynamics......................8 (d) Work package 4: Principles and dissemination ...................................................................10 2 Overview of contributions of SNF researchers...........................................................................10 Funded by the project.................................................................................................................10 Supervision of MSc., BSc., theses..............................................................................................10 3 Cooperation.................................................................................................................................10 4 Dissemination and special events................................................................................................11 Lectures and invited talks...........................................................................................................12 5 Overview of the results of the entire project...............................................................................13 (a) Novel actuators and online manipulation of morphology.....................................................13 (b) Exploring, modeling, and exploiting the body and its capabilities.......................................13 (c) Robots and robot simulators.................................................................................................15 (d) Impact on education..............................................................................................................16 6 Publication list (last project period, 1. 10. 2009 – 30. 9. 2010)..................................................17 Book and Journal........................................................................................................................17 Conference Proceedings.............................................................................................................17 Publications in preparation.........................................................................................................17 Master thesis...............................................................................................................................17