Novel Design Principles and Technologies for a New Generation of High Dexterity Soft-bodied Robots Inspired by the Morphology and Behaviour of the Octopus

The grand challenge of the OCTOPUS IP is investigating and understanding the principles that give rise to the octopus sensory-motor capabilities and incorporating them in new design approaches and ICT and robotics technologies to build an embodied artefact, based broadly on the anatomy of the 8-arm body of an octopus, and with similar performance in water, in terms of dexterity, speed, control, flexibility, and applicability.

The octopus represents a paradigm of the tight relation between morphology and behaviour, and an "animal model" for soft robotics technologies.

OCTOPUS is a Large-Scale Integrating Project funded by the European Commission under the 7^th Framework Programme in the theme of the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
(OCTOPUS IP, FP7-ICT 2007.8.5, FET Proactive, Embodied Intelligence, Grant agreement no. 231608)

Fundamentals of inspirations from octopus biology to flexible robotics (pdf)
Tutorial on fundamentals of octopus biology (lectures from the Tutorial meeting)

Fundamentals of robotic technologies relevant to octopus biology (pdf)
Tutorial on technologies for biomimetic ICT and robotics (lectures from the Tutorial meeting)

OCTOPUS Partnership

                                                        

Contacts: infoOCTOPUS