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Evo-devo Design for Living Machines

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Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (Living Machines 2013)

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Natural design is an interaction of both adaptive evolutionary forces and generative developmental processes – evo-devo. We consider how evo-devo principles can be applied to the design of living machines, and how biohybrid societies (comprising machines and organisms) may be used as a new form of scientific model.

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  1. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

    Stuart P. Wilson & Tony J. Prescott

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  1. University of Sheffield, UK

    Nathan F. Lepora  & Tony J. Prescott  & 

  2. University of Pompeau Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

    Anna Mura

  3. Imperial College, London, UK

    Holger G. Krapp

  4. Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, University of Pompeau Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

    Paul F. M. J. Verschure

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Wilson, S.P., Prescott, T.J. (2013). Evo-devo Design for Living Machines. In: Lepora, N.F., Mura, A., Krapp, H.G., Verschure, P.F.M.J., Prescott, T.J. (eds) Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8064. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39802-5_64

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