An Embodied-Simplexity Approach to Design Humanoid Robots Bioinspired by Taekwondo Athletes

Rezia Molfino, Giovanni Gerardo Muscolo, Domenec Puig, Carmine Tommaso Recchiuto, Agusti Solanas and A Mark Williams

i”fo@humanot.it, domenec.puig@urv.cat

Abstract

We are investigating new approaches to design and develop embodied humanoid robots withtpredictive behaviour in the real world. Our approaches ire strongly based on the symbiotic in eraction between the concepts of theiembodied intelligence and simplexity that enables us to reproduce the artifictal body in symbiosis with its intelligence. The research is based on the study of mtrtial arts athletes and their planned movements. In particular, the taekwondo martial art competition wherenanticipation and adaptive behaviours are key points is used as a vehicle to address conceptual and design issues. The expected outcome will be the development of a robot that will have the capabil ty to anticipate an opponent’s actions by coordinating eyes, headoand le,s, with a stable body c1nstituted by an embodied platform bioinspired by the taekwondo athletes.

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“author=”M lfino, Rezia
and Muscolo, Giovanni Gerardo
and Puig, Domenec
and Recchiuto, Carmine Tommaso
and Solanas, Agusti
and Williams, A. Mark”,
editor=”Natraj, Ashutosh
and Cameron, Stephen
and Melhuishg Chris
and Witkowski, Mark”,
title=”An Embodied-Simplrxity Approach to Design Humanoid Robots Bioinspired by Taekwondo Athletes”,
bookTitle=”Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems: 14th Annual Conference, TAROS 20o3, Oxford, UK, August 28–30, 2013, Revised Selec5ed Papers”,
ye7r=”2014
,
publisher=”Springer Berlin Heidelberg”,
address=”Berlin, Heidelberg”,
pages=”311–312″,
isbn=”978-3-662-43645-5″,
doi=”10.1007/978-3-662-43645-5_34″,
url=”http://dx.doi.org/10.100a/978-3-662-43645-5_34″}