2 Hardware and software in place to run experiments on changing morphologies

Short Description: We have investigated the deep and important question of how the physical or body dynamics and the control or neural dynamics can be coupled in optimal ways. By simulating development in a robot, we examined if developmental progressions in the robot’s sensory-motor and neural systems can speed up the learning process. This might be indeed the case as shown by the results presented in this report. New developments in the robotic setup where the intrinsic physical properties of the materials used for sensors and actuators will play an important role are also outlined.