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Enactive robot vision

Mototaka Suzuki

The complexity of today's autonomous robots poses a major challenge for Artificial Intelligence. These robots are equipped with sophisticated sensors and mechanical abilities that allow them to enter our homes and interact with humans. For example, today's ...

EPFL2007

Self-aggregated perfluoroalkylated hexa-peri-hexabenzocoonene fibers observed by cyro-SEM and fluorescence spectroscopy

The self-assembled architectures in solution of a new HBC derivative bearing perfluoroalkylated side chains were investigated by optical excitation and emission spectroscopy and correlated to cryo-SEM, a new technique in organic chemistry. © The Royal Soci ...

2006

Switch-peptides as tool for the study of fibrillogenesis

The invention discloses a method for the manuf. of a peptidic folding precursor (switch-peptide) stable and sol. at physiol. conditions, derived from a peptide having a potential for self-assembling and fibrillogenesis. Another object of the invention is t ...

2006

MOVE Processors That Self-replicate and Differentiate

Yann Thoma, Joël Rossier, Pierre-André Mudry

This article describes an implementation of a basic multiprocessor system that exhibits replication and differentiation abilities on the POEtic tissue, a programmable hardware designed for bio-inspired applications. As for a living organism, whose existenc ...

2006

Self-replication for reliability: bio-inspired hardware and the embryonics project

Daniel Mange, Joël Rossier, Pierre-André Mudry

The growth and operation of all living beings are directed by the interpretation, in each of their cells, of a chemical program, the DNA string or genome. This process is the source of inspiration for the Embryonics (embryonic electronics) project, whose f ...

2006

Cubic and oriented Ag nano-particles by high vacuum evaporation

Libero Zuppiroli, Detlef Berner

Ag cubes of uniform size (70nm) and self-assembled into two dimensional arrays are formed by physical vapor deposition. The formation of the Ag cubes depends critically on the substrate composition. While heat dissipation can control the crystallization of ...

Nano Science and Technology Institute, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States2006

Cooperation through self-assembly in multi-robot

Francesco Mondada, Michael Bonani, Roderich Gross

This article illustrates the methods and results of two sets of experiments in which a group of mobile robots, called s-bots, are required to physically connect to each other, that is, to self-assemble, to cope with environmental conditions that prevent th ...

2006

Autonomous Self-assembly in Swarm-Bots

Francesco Mondada, Michael Bonani, Roderich Gross

In this paper, we discuss the self-assembling capabilities of the swarm-bot, a distributed robotics concept that lies at the intersection between collective and self-reconfigurable robotics. A swarm-bot comprises autonomous mobile robots called s-bots. S-b ...

2006

Dependable Systems

André Schiper

Improving the dependability of computer systems is a critical and essential task. In this context, the paper surveys techniques that allow to achieve fault tolerance in distributed systems by replication. The main replication techniques are first explained ...

Springer Berlin Heidelberg2006

Emerging Nanopatterning Methods based on MEMS Technology

Jürgen Brugger

The development of nanosystems and nano-devices demands for patterning methods in the nanoscale. To bring them to the market, there is a need for fast, low-cost nanopatterning methods. In addition, an increased flexibility is important for the engineering ...

2006