{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2038295778","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-010-0367-9","title":"Fully decentralized control of a soft-bodied robot inspired by true slime mold","display_name":"Fully decentralized control of a soft-bodied robot inspired by true slime mold","publication_year":2010,"publication_date":"2010-03-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2038295778","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-010-0367-9","mag":"2038295778","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20204398"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s00422-010-0367-9","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-010-0367-9","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S87357125","display_name":"Biological Cybernetics","issn_l":"0340-1200","issn":["0340-1200","1432-0770"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Biological Cybernetics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://fun.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/4158","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5040511727","display_name":"Takuya Umedachi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2244-9963"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I201537933","display_name":"Tohoku University","ror":"https://ror.org/01dq60k83","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I201537933"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Takuya Umedachi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-05 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan. umedachi_t@cmplx.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp","Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-05 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-05 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan. umedachi_t@cmplx.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I201537933"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-05 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I201537933"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000123568","display_name":"Koichi Takeda","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7545-4101"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I201537933","display_name":"Tohoku University","ror":"https://ror.org/01dq60k83","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I201537933"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Koichi Takeda","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-05 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-05 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I201537933"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031870919","display_name":"Toshiyuki Nakagaki","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3446-4888"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I205349734","display_name":"Hokkaido University","ror":"https://ror.org/02e16g702","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205349734"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210086780","display_name":"Japan Science and Technology Agency","ror":"https://ror.org/00097mb19","country_code":"JP","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210086780"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Toshiyuki Nakagaki","raw_affiliation_strings":["Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0075, Japan","Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0075, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210086780"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I205349734"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5019169275","display_name":"Ryo Kobayashi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8244-5844"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210086780","display_name":"Japan Science and Technology Agency","ror":"https://ror.org/00097mb19","country_code":"JP","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210086780"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I113306721","display_name":"Hiroshima University","ror":"https://ror.org/03t78wx29","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I113306721"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ryo Kobayashi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan","Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0075, Japan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I113306721"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0075, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210086780"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5079413812","display_name":"Akio Ishiguro","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2850-0149"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210086780","display_name":"Japan Science and Technology Agency","ror":"https://ror.org/00097mb19","country_code":"JP","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210086780"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I201537933","display_name":"Tohoku University","ror":"https://ror.org/01dq60k83","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I201537933"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Akio Ishiguro","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-05 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan","Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0075, Japan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-05 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I201537933"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0075, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210086780"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5040511727"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I201537933"],"apc_list":{"value":2790,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":3590},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":9.1297,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":80,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98388255,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"102","issue":"3","first_page":"261","last_page":"269"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13362","display_name":"Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research","score":0.9991999864578247,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13362","display_name":"Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research","score":0.9991999864578247,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12784","display_name":"Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence","score":0.9980999827384949,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2210","display_name":"Mechanical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11486","display_name":"Micro and Nano Robotics","score":0.9882000088691711,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3104","display_name":"Condensed Matter Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robot","display_name":"Robot","score":0.732599675655365},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/decentralised-system","display_name":"Decentralised system","score":0.627627432346344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control-engineering","display_name":"Control engineering","score":0.5751233696937561},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/degrees-of-freedom","display_name":"Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)","score":0.5564157962799072},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.4696502089500427},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/slime-mold","display_name":"Slime mold","score":0.46383675932884216},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.4288181960582733},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control-theory","display_name":"Control theory (sociology)","score":0.4179132580757141},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control","display_name":"Control (management)","score":0.4027285873889923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.34045907855033875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/physics","display_name":"Physics","score":0.102812260389328}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90509273","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11012","display_name":"Robot","level":2,"score":0.732599675655365},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205875254","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17156857","display_name":"Decentralised system","level":3,"score":0.627627432346344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C133731056","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4917288","display_name":"Control engineering","level":1,"score":0.5751233696937561},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C208081375","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274502","display_name":"Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)","level":2,"score":0.5564157962799072},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4696502089500427},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33682779","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q949817","display_name":"Slime mold","level":2,"score":0.46383675932884216},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.4288181960582733},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47446073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5165890","display_name":"Control theory (sociology)","level":3,"score":0.4179132580757141},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775924081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55608371","display_name":"Control (management)","level":2,"score":0.4027285873889923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.34045907855033875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.102812260389328},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95444343","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7141","display_name":"Cell biology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000818","descriptor_name":"Animals","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000818","descriptor_name":"Animals","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000818","descriptor_name":"Animals","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D001185","descriptor_name":"Artificial Intelligence","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D001185","descriptor_name":"Artificial Intelligence","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D001185","descriptor_name":"Artificial Intelligence","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D001696","descriptor_name":"Biomechanical Phenomena","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D001696","descriptor_name":"Biomechanical Phenomena","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D001696","descriptor_name":"Biomechanical Phenomena","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D003198","descriptor_name":"Computer Simulation","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D003198","descriptor_name":"Computer Simulation","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D003198","descriptor_name":"Computer Simulation","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008124","descriptor_name":"Locomotion","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008124","descriptor_name":"Locomotion","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008124","descriptor_name":"Locomotion","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008954","descriptor_name":"Models, Biological","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D008954","descriptor_name":"Models, Biological","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D008954","descriptor_name":"Models, Biological","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D012371","descriptor_name":"Robotics","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D012371","descriptor_name":"Robotics","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D012371","descriptor_name":"Robotics","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D016839","descriptor_name":"Physarum polycephalum","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D016839","descriptor_name":"Physarum polycephalum","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D016839","descriptor_name":"Physarum polycephalum","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D017711","descriptor_name":"Nonlinear Dynamics","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D017711","descriptor_name":"Nonlinear Dynamics","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D017711","descriptor_name":"Nonlinear Dynamics","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1007/s00422-010-0367-9","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-010-0367-9","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S87357125","display_name":"Biological Cybernetics","issn_l":"0340-1200","issn":["0340-1200","1432-0770"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Biological Cybernetics","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:20204398","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20204398","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Biological cybernetics","raw_type":null},{"id":"pmh:oai:irdb.nii.ac.jp:01406:0005256947","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://fun.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/4158","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407056385","display_name":"Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I184597095","host_organization_name":"National Institute of Informatics","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I184597095"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Biological Cybernetics","raw_type":"journal article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:irdb.nii.ac.jp:01406:0005256947","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://fun.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/4158","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407056385","display_name":"Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I184597095","host_organization_name":"National Institute of Informatics","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I184597095"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Biological Cybernetics","raw_type":"journal article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337380","display_name":"Division of Mathematical Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/051fftw81"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":19,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W3913314","https://openalex.org/W111157985","https://openalex.org/W1494916908","https://openalex.org/W1503945108","https://openalex.org/W1526473519","https://openalex.org/W1980404327","https://openalex.org/W2006677047","https://openalex.org/W2033226680","https://openalex.org/W2037403179","https://openalex.org/W2049567587","https://openalex.org/W2054063677","https://openalex.org/W2094817660","https://openalex.org/W2109340992","https://openalex.org/W2111147736","https://openalex.org/W2115427055","https://openalex.org/W2156036923","https://openalex.org/W2496244282","https://openalex.org/W2517068784","https://openalex.org/W2561675875"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4233167826","https://openalex.org/W114982402","https://openalex.org/W1980121574","https://openalex.org/W2266793159","https://openalex.org/W1556485839","https://openalex.org/W2020232572","https://openalex.org/W2840634087","https://openalex.org/W2052910143","https://openalex.org/W2141792859","https://openalex.org/W1744266356"],"abstract_inverted_index":null,"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":18}],"updated_date":"2026-06-10T14:10:52.464848","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}