LAMPETRA
Life-like Artefact for Motor-Postural Experiments and Development of new Control Technologies inspired by Rapid Animal locomotion
| Coordinatore | SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA
Organization address
address: Via S. Cecilia 3 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Totale costo | 2˙212˙648 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙700˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-ICT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies |
| Code Call | FP7-ICT-2007-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP |
| Anno di inizio | 2008 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2008-02-01 - 2011-07-31 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA
Organization address
address: Via S. Cecilia 3 contact info |
IT (Pisa) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
Organization address
city: LAUSANNE contact info |
CH (LAUSANNE) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)
Organization address
address: RUE DE TOLBIAC 101 contact info |
FR (PARIS CEDEX 13) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 |
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET
Organization address
address: NOBELS VAEG 5 contact info |
SE (SOLNA STOCKHOLM) | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN
Organization address
address: VALHALLAVAGEN 79 contact info |
SE (STOCKHOLM) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
The objective of the LAMPETRA proposal is developing lamprey/salamander bioinspired artefacts to perform neuroscientific studies related to goal-directed locomotion and to find new solutions for high-performance artificial locomotion, in terms of fast-response, adaptability, reliability, energy efficiency, and control. These issues will be pursued by implementing a bio-inspired artificial system (mimicking the neuronal level, the biomechanical structure, the control functions) and by performing advanced numerical simulations focused on the neural control system of locomotion. The bio-inspired system will be composed by a high number of segments, a compliant body structure, muscle-like actuators, legs-like appendages, artificial stretch receptors, vestibular and vision sensors, and architectures for low/high level control functions. The numerical simulations are aimed at formulating a model of central pattern generator, at developing a software platform for replicating body movements, at implementing sensors inputs, visuo-motor coordination, posture control and legs movements. Experiments will include also a bio-hybrid approach, interfacing a lamprey nervous system with acquisition and control hardware. The project is expected to achieve advances in neurosciences, technology, and engineering. Neuroscience will provide information to be transferred to mathematical models, creating a bridge between biology and technology. Numerical simulations will be used to analyse these models and to study system properties in well defined situations. A number of features from lampreys and salamanders will be replicated in biomimetic artefacts. The project is also expected to bring developments in the field of control, i.e. the behaviour-based control inspired to animals, by rethinking control methods and involving the combination of digital and analogue circuits.