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    M. Anthony Lewis

  2. USC Brain Project, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90089, USA

    Michael A. Arbib

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Lewis, M.A., Arbib, M.A. Introduction to the Special Issue on Biomorphic Robots. Autonomous Robots 7, 207–209 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008918318816

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