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SUMMARY:The mechanics of intelligence: A motivation for the way we design 
 robots. - Fabio Giardina (Department of Engineering)
DTSTART:20151119T131000Z
DTEND:20151119T140000Z
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CONTACT:Evros Loukaides
DESCRIPTION:Life has evolved over billions of years on our planet and has 
 acquired the skill of adaptation to survive in a constantly changing world
 . The robots engineers build today work well in artificial environments\, 
 yet they are struggling to operate in unprepared surroundings. The mechani
 cal design of a robot strongly influences the way it interacts with the en
 vironment and can substantially reduce the computational burden involved f
 or control. In this talk I am going to show several examples which illustr
 ate how the mechanical design can help creating intelligent behaviour in r
 obots and how the insights can be used to approach the capabilities of liv
 ing systems.
LOCATION:1 Newnham Terrace\, Darwin College
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