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We are excited to announce that the coordination action Convergent Science Netowrk for biomimetic and biohybrid systems (CSN) will continue to pursue its goals through a new EU-FP7 project recently accepted: the CSNII (Convergent Science Netowrk for biomimetics and NeuroTechnology).
CSNII has just...
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A recent paper, "The state of the art in biomimetics" (Lepora et al. 2013), highlights the growth of interest in biomimetics research and shows an increase in biomimetic journals and conferences..
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The RoboCom Consortium has successfully completed the Coordination Action phase and submitted its full proposal to the EU FP7 Call for the FET Flagship ramp-up phase.
RoboCom, which stands for Robot Companions for Citizens, proposes a new technology that enables sustainable welfare. European...
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The 5th edition BCBT2012 will take place from September 3rd to 14th 2012.
Application for participation is now open!
For the 2012, the first week of the school will deal with Engineering Principles in Biological Systems: Locomotion and Affect, whilst the 2nd week...
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During 4 consecutive days, leading scientists in the fields of Biomimetics and Biohybryd systems gathered for pre-conference workshops, lectures, poster sessions, exhibitions and open panel sessions to present their work and discuss issues related to the development of real-word technologies...
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FET welcomes the 6 Flagships contenders during the Mid Term Conference held in Warsaw at the Warsaw University of Technology and the University of Warsaw, November 24-25.
for more info see our RCC blog
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The sixth iCub Summer School, Veni Vidi Vici 2011 Held July 18-28 2011,
Sestri Levante, Italy Apply by May 11th, 2011: (extended May 16th)
http://www.icub.org/summerschool...
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"Better Robots, Better Life"
The 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2011)
May 9 to 13, 2011, Shanghai, China.
http://2011.ieee-icra.org/
workshops: http://www.icra2011.org/show.asp?id=30
Paul Verschure, Zenon Mathews, Sergi Berm...
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the FET11 awarded the prize for the best stand to "The future of biomimetic machines" the exhibition organized by the Convergent Science Network of biomimetic and biohybrid Systems.
At FET11 the CSN exhibition has shown clear examples of "future biomimetic machines"....
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CSN holds and exhibition on The future of biomimetic machines at the European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition (FET11).
For FET11, the CSN consortium will be demonstrating representative applications supported by the 7th Research Framework Programme and other European...
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Dear colleagues,
Ecole des Mines de Nantes, ANGELS and LAMPETRA european projects have great pleasure in inviting you to a workshop on bio-inspired robotics, to take place in the Ecole des Mines de Nantes (IRCCyN) from the 6-8 April 2011. The workshop will be a landmark in the...
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The synthetic forager (SFyoutube channel) project aims to understand the basis of foraging behavior by constructing an autonomous agent that can act in the real-world. To achieve this objective we need to construct a perceptual, cognition, behavior system for a synthetic forager. We are currently...
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Conference on the evolution of the olfactory system
December 10-14 2011 Christmas Island (Australia)
Insect-Like Olfactory Adaptations in the Terrestrial Giant Robber Crab
M.C. Stensmyr, et al. Current Biology, Vol. 15, 116–121, 2005.
Have land crabs come to the same...
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The CSN School on Neurophysiology Techniques 2011
14-18 March 2011
NeuroChip Lab, University of Padova, Italy
http://www.cyberrat.eu/wwwschool/index.htm
CSN organizes this school on Neurophysiology Techniques to provide a wide spectrum overview on experimental tools available to...
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Understanding the mechanisms allowing brains to collect sensory input and control adaptive behaviour represents one of the most challenging endeavours in science. The goal of this symposium is to review progress towards an integrated understanding of the genetic, molecular, and neuronal basis...
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Welcome to the brand new Convergent Science Network Podcast!
Thoughts, discussions, and achievements in neurobiology, biomimetic and biohybrid systems
Find all first series of 17 episodes in the podcast's home page.
During the BCBT Summerschool 2010, hosting professors Paul Verschure...
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CSN is supporting 6 fellowships in Capo Caccia2010
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