{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2511752147","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mra.2016.2582726","title":"Lessons from Animals and Plants: The Symbiosis of Morphological Computation and Soft Robotics","display_name":"Lessons from Animals and Plants: The Symbiosis of Morphological Computation and Soft Robotics","publication_year":2016,"publication_date":"2016-08-25","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2511752147","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mra.2016.2582726","mag":"2511752147"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/mra.2016.2582726","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mra.2016.2582726","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S132261465","display_name":"IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine","issn_l":"1070-9932","issn":["1070-9932","1558-223X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5045065209","display_name":"Cecilia Laschi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5248-1043"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I162290304","display_name":"Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna","ror":"https://ror.org/025602r80","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162290304"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"C. Laschi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, BioRobotics Institute, Pisa, Italy"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, BioRobotics Institute, Pisa, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162290304"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5078241160","display_name":"Barbara Mazzolai","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0722-8350"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I30771326","display_name":"Italian Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/042t93s57","country_code":"IT","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I30771326"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210116474","display_name":"Center for Micro-BioRobotics","ror":"https://ror.org/02nbgxg43","country_code":"IT","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I30771326","https://openalex.org/I4210116474"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"B. Mazzolai","raw_affiliation_strings":["Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Micro-BioRobotics, Pontedera, Pisa, Italy"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Micro-BioRobotics, Pontedera, Pisa, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210116474","https://openalex.org/I30771326"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5045065209"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162290304"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.5228,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":81,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.94234025,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"23","issue":"3","first_page":"107","last_page":"114"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12784","display_name":"Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence","score":0.9994000196456909,"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"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12784","display_name":"Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence","score":0.9994000196456909,"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":0.9886000156402588,"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"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12596","display_name":"Cephalopods and Marine Biology","score":0.9840999841690063,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1105","display_name":"Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/soft-robotics","display_name":"Soft robotics","score":0.7722523212432861},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computation","display_name":"Computation","score":0.6439459323883057},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.6183461546897888},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perception","display_name":"Perception","score":0.5454488396644592},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robotics","display_name":"Robotics","score":0.5348215699195862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robot","display_name":"Robot","score":0.5222164392471313},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.48424240946769714},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perspective","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","score":0.45897620916366577},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/soft-materials","display_name":"Soft materials","score":0.45562314987182617},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.4388629198074341},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/communication","display_name":"Communication","score":0.3687579333782196},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/biology","display_name":"Biology","score":0.24855253100395203},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nanotechnology","display_name":"Nanotechnology","score":0.2034231722354889},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.19840839505195618},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/neuroscience","display_name":"Neuroscience","score":0.13981908559799194},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/materials-science","display_name":"Materials science","score":0.11732330918312073}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776058767","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24327151","display_name":"Soft robotics","level":3,"score":0.7722523212432861},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C45374587","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12525525","display_name":"Computation","level":2,"score":0.6439459323883057},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.6183461546897888},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.5454488396644592},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34413123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170978","display_name":"Robotics","level":3,"score":0.5348215699195862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90509273","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11012","display_name":"Robot","level":2,"score":0.5222164392471313},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.48424240946769714},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C12713177","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1900281","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","level":2,"score":0.45897620916366577},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2982836594","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902144","display_name":"Soft materials","level":2,"score":0.45562314987182617},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.4388629198074341},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46312422","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11024","display_name":"Communication","level":1,"score":0.3687579333782196},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.24855253100395203},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C171250308","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11468","display_name":"Nanotechnology","level":1,"score":0.2034231722354889},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.19840839505195618},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.13981908559799194},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.11732330918312073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/mra.2016.2582726","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mra.2016.2582726","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S132261465","display_name":"IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine","issn_l":"1070-9932","issn":["1070-9932","1558-223X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:www.iris.sssup.it:11382/509087","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11382/509087","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196376","display_name":"CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I162290304","host_organization_name":"Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162290304"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Life in Land","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/15","score":0.4099999964237213}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":49,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W647459383","https://openalex.org/W1485346879","https://openalex.org/W1558521349","https://openalex.org/W1597818456","https://openalex.org/W1724705168","https://openalex.org/W1821449427","https://openalex.org/W1968101685","https://openalex.org/W1971550577","https://openalex.org/W1992923590","https://openalex.org/W2005257708","https://openalex.org/W2007431167","https://openalex.org/W2016457575","https://openalex.org/W2027192530","https://openalex.org/W2027454283","https://openalex.org/W2029765615","https://openalex.org/W2037372350","https://openalex.org/W2048963734","https://openalex.org/W2057567407","https://openalex.org/W2062227830","https://openalex.org/W2066826300","https://openalex.org/W2078343856","https://openalex.org/W2078968880","https://openalex.org/W2079574144","https://openalex.org/W2082757591","https://openalex.org/W2106491994","https://openalex.org/W2115412172","https://openalex.org/W2120317638","https://openalex.org/W2135450920","https://openalex.org/W2142280568","https://openalex.org/W2142473411","https://openalex.org/W2150699942","https://openalex.org/W2151471214","https://openalex.org/W2152895243","https://openalex.org/W2155198020","https://openalex.org/W2161152190","https://openalex.org/W2164418635","https://openalex.org/W2164689204","https://openalex.org/W2168778191","https://openalex.org/W2531581193","https://openalex.org/W2800392488","https://openalex.org/W2964093246","https://openalex.org/W3105114223","https://openalex.org/W4237271316","https://openalex.org/W4239471541","https://openalex.org/W4256731026","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W6637660023","https://openalex.org/W6750821489","https://openalex.org/W6903482636"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2911666782","https://openalex.org/W4211124276","https://openalex.org/W4312473168","https://openalex.org/W3134474396","https://openalex.org/W1515749184","https://openalex.org/W4367041227","https://openalex.org/W2806506062","https://openalex.org/W4285221039","https://openalex.org/W3175143761","https://openalex.org/W4312269480"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Morphological":[0],"computation":[1,141],"is":[2,25],"a":[3,13],"modern":[4],"perspective":[5],"on":[6,52],"intelligence":[7],"that":[8,146],"gives":[9],"the":[10,19,26,39,43,47,53,56,59,62,73,77,105,112,127,132,135],"physical":[11,44],"body":[12,45,113],"stronger":[14],"role.":[15],"With":[16],"respect":[17],"to":[18,123,126,150],"traditional":[20],"view,":[21,72],"in":[22,101],"which":[23],"behavior":[24,36,130],"result":[27],"of":[28,42,64,76,111,115,129],"perception,":[29],"processing,":[30],"and":[31,49,61,67,148],"movement,":[32],"with":[33,46,96,134],"morphological":[34,140],"computation,":[35],"emerges":[37],"from":[38,131,143],"complex":[40],"interaction":[41,133],"environment":[48],"depends":[50],"heavily":[51],"mechanical":[54],"properties,":[55],"shape":[57],"(or":[58],"morphology),":[60],"arrangement":[63],"perceptual,":[65],"motor,":[66],"processing":[68],"units.":[69],"In":[70,84,137],"this":[71],"material":[74],"properties":[75],"structures":[78],"are":[79],"extremely":[80],"important":[81],"for":[82,103],"control.":[83],"fact,":[85],"most":[86],"living":[87],"organisms":[88],"have":[89,98],"soft":[90,99,144],"bodies.":[91],"As":[92],"summarized,":[93],"even":[94],"animals":[95],"skeletons":[97],"tissues;":[100],"humans,":[102],"example,":[104],"skeleton":[106],"typically":[107],"contributes":[108],"only":[109],"11%":[110],"mass":[114],"an":[116,152],"adult":[117],"male.":[118],"Soft":[119],"bodies":[120,145],"thus":[121],"appear":[122],"be":[124],"fundamental":[125],"emergence":[128],"environment.":[136],"other":[138],"words,":[139],"benefits":[142],"react":[147],"adapt":[149],"such":[151],"interaction.":[153]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-03-14T08:43:22.919905","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}