BIOLOCH 10th month MeetingBIO-mimetic structures for LOComotion in the Human body

Heraklion, Crete, March 7-8, 2003Institute of Computer Science

Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas

Agenda of the Meeting (1/2)

Friday, March 7th, 2003

15.00 – 15.30 Welcome and description of the Meeting Objectives (Project Coordinator)Main achievementsDeliverable preparationAdministrative issues

15.30 – 17.00 Scientific part of the first day 17.00 – 17.15 Coffee Break17.15 – 19.30 Scientific part of the first day 19.30 – 20.00 Discussion of administrative and contractual

issues21.00 Social Dinner at a local restaurant

Saturday, March 8th, 2003

09.00 – 09.15 Presentation of the second day objectives (Project Coordinator)

09.15 – 11.00 Scientific part of the first day 11.00 – 11.15 Coffee Break11.15 – 12.30 Enabling technologies for the design and

fabrication of the systems identified on the first day - continuing. Final Discussion

12.30 – 13.00 Decision for the next meetings and end of the

meeting 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch at FORTH restaurant

Agenda of the Meeting (2/2)

All Partners are kindly requested to give SSSA/FORTH the presentation material at the

end of the meeting for the BIOLOCH web site

Welcome and description of the Meeting Objectives

WHAT DID WE ACHIEVE AT THE LAST TIME:

The Work Flow

UT

UoB

FORTH

UoP

SSSA

Prototypes

Taxonomy of locomotion mechanisms and matching with enabling technologies

PROPOSAL FOR WORKING BETWEEN NOVEMBER 02 AND MARCH 03

Building a reasonable biomechanical model of polychaete and inchworms, and of the GI boundary conditions to guide the design of a working biomimetic device and estimate the influence of different technical solutions

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS (1/2)

Which mechanism for body motion (peristaltic, moving wave, random? others?) • Which type of legs and leg motion (piston-like, sweeping) ?• Which type of adhesion mechanism (vacuum, hooks, glue, clamping)?

• Which mechanical structure for the body (spine, balloon-like, others)?• Which mechanical structure for the legs?• Which shape, dimensions (total length, diameter) and other parameters (legs disposition, legs number, etc)?

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS (2/2)

Selected Models: polychaete and inchworm-

liketransversal waves longitudinal

waves

Theoretical models: FORTH and SSSA

Experimental set up: IHCI, UoT

Prototypes: UBAH, UoP, SSSA, Forth

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS (2/2)

WorkPackage Overview: Where we are

Project Management

Study of locomotion mechanisms of lower animal forms

Modelling and design of artificial structures which replicate biological

mechanisms

Enabling technologies and principles for fabricating biomimetic components

Understanding and replicating biological perception of lower animal

forms

Control strategy and control implementation

Fabrication of prototypes of biomimetic locomotion machines

Experiments on prototypes of biomimetic locomotion machines

Dissemination and Implementation

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WP4

WP2

WP6

WP3

WP8

WP5

WP7

WP0

Where we are

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WP2

WP6

WP3

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WP0 M1: Selection and design of the preferred biomimetic locomotion principle to be implemented

M2: Selection and design of the perception-reaction strategy to be implemented

M3: Fabrication of the biomimetic locomotion prototype (or BLU)

M4: Testing of the biomimetic locomotion prototype and overall validation

Administrative and Scientific accomplishments

•Preparation of deliverables (month 6): Project Presentation – doneDUP – in progressD1 – almost done; to be shared and accepted

•UoT UoT + IHCI at Steinbeis University (with Novineon Healthcare technology as subcontract) – almost done

•Consortium Agreement – comments expected

Next Deliverables and Deadlines

Del. no.

Deliverable name WP no.

Lead particip-

ant

Estimated person-months

Del. type*

Security**

Delivery (proj.

month) 0 Project Presentation 8 CR1 0,5 Prom. Pub. 6

1

Review and analysis of the biological locomotion systems and strategies useful for the design of the biomimetic locomotion unit (BLU)

1 CR2 23 Rep. Pub. 6

2 Dissemination and Use Plan 8 CR1 4 Doc. Int. 6

3 Design of the biomimetic locomotion units (first version)

2 CR1 28 Rep. Int. 14

4

Report with critical analysis of control algorithms and sensors useful to replicate biological sensing and perceptive natural systems

4 CR2 33,3 Rep. Pub. 18

5 Mid Term Review Report 0 CR1 2,5 Rep. Int. 18

BIOLOCH Review Meeting

From Dr. Lacombe:Your project review will take place in Alicante (Spain) either onMonday 7 July or on Wednesday 9 July, the middle day of Tuesday 8 July being devoted to a Neuro-IT workshop to which you should also participate. The review event is coupled to the Twelfth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting CNS*2003 from July 5 to July 7, also in Alicante. Please inform before end of February about the following issues:1) whether your project makes a presentation at CNS on Monday 7th July (the project review duration is only 2 hours)2) whether you have a preference for your review to be on Monday 7 or on Wednesday 9 July (we will try to take that into account, but without any promise of success at this stage)