Helmut Hauser, morphologicalcomputation.org in robotics and other intelligent systems, unconventional robotics, research at Uni of Bristol, CDT Director
Bristol, England
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Join us at the first global competition in Physical Reservoir Computing #PHRESCO!
Everyone can join and it's free!
Click on the link below – Expression of Interest Deadline 23:59 (GMT) on 31st August 2025!
morphologicalcomputation.org…
@phresco_comp #PhysicalReservoirComputing
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Congratulations to Dr Matthew Uppington on passing his viva! "Towards Photo-contractile Swarms of Protocellular Robotic Agents" Co-supervised by
@sabinehauert and Pierangelo @GobboGroup. Thank you to @HermesGadelha/ Martin Trefzer/ Martin Homer
@engmaths2 for serving as panel.
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My PhD students Estelle Raffy @NeuroPhiloRobot and @VijayChandiram1 are organising a regular seminar series on #MorphologicalComputation and beyond - #MorphoTalks. More info: tinyurl.com/2nttk6q9 All talks are online: tinyurl.com/yv736n5g
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Josh (@DoctorJosh) is right! There is a lot of potential. For example, we used physical systems to calculated multiple dynamical systems simultaneously as well. #PhysicalReservoirComputing #MorphologicalComputation link.springer.com/article/10…
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The picture with the spring reminds of one of our papers where we used mechanical springs as a way of communication in swarms. "Morphological communication for swarms" with Asheesh Sharma & @sabinehauert #MorphologicalComputation
tinyurl.com/2k44cv6t
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Tomorrow at 4pm BST I will be on an expert panel on "How do I start a career in robotics?" Join us & ask us any questions!
Watch live on YouTube/Twitch: piped.video/watch?v=KraSSU7j… twitch.tv/ukrobotics #UKFR #RobotFest #Careers #Robotics @SoftLabBristol @BristolUni @UKRobotics
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If you want to learn a little bit more about our work, Claire Asher interviewed me for the #RobotTalk podcast. We talk about #MorphologicalComputation, #SoftRobotics, computing spider webs, @Softlab @BristolUni @BristolEngMaths @BristolRobotLab
tinyurl.com/29gkaz3u
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I was allowed to design a cover for our Special Issue on Soft Robotic in IEEE Control Systems. Made in @affinitybyserif Designer and @Procreate (sketches).
Attached are different stages of the design from sketches to submitted version.
Final version: buff.ly/3XdxjC9
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I am very proud to present our special issue on #SoftRobotics in IEEE Control Systems. The goal was to reach out to the control community and introduce soft robotics and #MorphologicalComputation to them. w/ Cecilia Laschi, @CosimoDella @mecanohumano buff.ly/3OYBO1a
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I am absolutely thrilled that our first philosophy paper is out. "The morphological paradigm in robotics" with Sascha Freyberg in Journal Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. #MorphologicalComputation @softlab @BristolUni@BristolRobotLab buff.ly/3qoz8jh
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A poem about #MorphologicalComputation produced
by #ChatGPT. It's actually quite well done.
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Playing around with my favourite vector drawing application #AffinityDesigner. I made a little one sheet tutorial to draw a "cell blob". @affinitybyserif
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This reminds me of the dead trout experiment from the Lauder Lab.
#MorphologicalComputation
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Valentina Lo Gatto @V_L_G presented last week her salp-inspired robots at #IROS2022. She used little drone motors in a soft silicone shell. #MorphologicalComputation @farscopecdt @BristolUni @BristolUniEng @SoftLabBristol @BristolRobotLab @BristolEngMaths
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#LookBehindTheScenes @MyraLowther is working on a soft sensorized liner for prosthetics @farscopecdt student #MorphologicalComputation @softlab @BristolUni @BristolRobotLab @BristolUniEng More to come!! Watch the space!
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Check out Matthew Uppington's work "Evolving Morphologies for Locomoting Micro-scale Robotic Agents" @farscopecdt student #MARSS conference
Work with @sabinehauert, @PierangeloGobbo
@SoftLabBristol #MorphologicalComputation
@BristolUni @BristolUniEng
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Thank you @zotero, but I was looking for the bib entry (see example below). I can get it with Zotero's "Export Item ...", but I couldn't find a shortcut that would it copy to the clipboard.
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Look behind the scenes. Matthew Uppington is using protocells and the #Dome to build morphologically driven robots. Here are some early tests. Work with @sabinehauert and @PierangeloGobbo @farscopecdt student @SoftLabBristol #MorphologicalComputation @BristolUni @BristolUniEng
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Valentina Lo Gatto @V_L_G will present her work on salp-inspired robots at @iros2022 @SoftLabBristol @BristolRobotLab @farscopecdt student #RoboSalp #MorphologicalComputation
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#LookBehindTheScences This is @EmanuelePulvi's setup to test our #BAM (Bubble Artificial Muscles) on a leg with exosuit applications in space. Great things to come! @SoftLabBristol @farscopecdt @BristolUniEng @BristolRobotLab
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In 2021 @ the #EmbodiedIntellegence workshop I gave a short talk where I explained why we should think of #MorphologicalComputation in terms of dynamical systems & not as digital computation @SoftLabBristol @BristolUni @BristolUniEng #NotAnotherLogicGate
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The participants from @csm_news made amazing robots just in few hours, workshop led by @farscopecdt @EPSRC @BristolUni
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I gave a very short talk about some ideas how #MetaMaterials & #AI could work together through #MorphologicalComputation. Workshop/Brainstorming was organised by @MetamaterialsUK. If somebody is interested in a collaboration please get in touch.
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Always beautiful to watch Theo Jansen's
@StrandBeests. The movement looks so organic.
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This is my favourite example to show #MorphologicalComputation. Another one that I like is the Erodium seed. It drills itself into the ground when conditions are right (i.e., humidity is high enough).
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Passive Walker - a little bit different.
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Here is a talk a gave quite a while ago in 2013 for the #ShanghAI Lectures.
I tried to explain #MorphologicalComputation in the #PhysicalReservoirComputation setup. The talk is quite rough. I hope I have improved my presentation style over the years.
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A while ago we discussed #MorphologicalComputation vs. #ClassicalControl for Soft Robotics with @thrishlab,
@manologara,@CosimoDella ; moderated by #LauraBlumenschein; I really enjoyed the discussion
@softlab @ieeeras #SoftRobotics piped.video/watch?v=cRD8m-hr…
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If you want to rewatch my talk on "The great potential of Soft Robotics for industry" which I gave at the @BristolRobotLab conference, you can watch it here
piped.video/watch?v=wSuzdZJC…
@SoftRoboticsUK @SoftRoboticsUK @SoftLabBristol @BristolUniEng @BristolUni @BristolEngMaths
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Beautiful video of Valentina's @V_L_G work on a jellyfish robot using the #FinRay Effect. @EPSRC @farscopecdt @BristolUniEng @BristolUni @BristolEngMaths @SoftRoboticsUK @SoftLabBristol #MorphologicalComputation
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Congratulations to @EuanJudd for passing his PhD viva today! Euan did some brilliant work on machine learning optimised soft sensing #PhyRC #NeatSkin @farscopecdt @SoftLabBristol @BristolRobotLab @BristolUniEng
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Here is my talk at the Embodied Intelligence Workshop @Cambridge_Uni. I proposed to consider #EmbodiedIntelligence as something much more dynamic than it's currently done #GrowingRobots @Softlab @BristolRobotLab @BristolEngMaths
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Congratulations to @farscopecdt student @YihengZhu (Dr. Zhu 🎓) for passing his Phd viva with corrections. Yiheng worked on how #learning and #growing can work together in #robots to improve their performance. @SoftLabBristol @BristolUniEng #RL #MorphologicalComputation
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Andrés made a very nice video summarizing the paper.
Note that all these behaviors are emerging out of simple local relationships. With Application in #GrowingRobots
@SoftLabBristol @BristolRobotLab
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...and a not so scientific drawing. I redraw that from a picture that I saw online (sorry can't remember where I saw it).
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I love @affinitybyserif Designer. It's such a cool and professional tool to make vector graphic. I use it all the time.
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Really cool work by @katt_walker @SoftLabBristol @farscopecdt. Actuated at the center with a traveling wave. The passive voxels around adapt locally the stiffness depending on the local pressures. If it gets to low, voxels are removed #SculptingTheBody
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Congratulations to Martin Garrad to successfully defend his thesis today !!!! Thank you @adamastokes and @thrishantha for coming to @BristolUni @farscopecdt @SoftLabBristol
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Always fun to watch. “Best of” DARPA Challenge. I use it quite a lot for outreach as well. piped.video/watch?v=g0TaYhjp…
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"A Soft Matter Computer" - Now video also on YouTube. @SciRobotics @BristolEngMaths @UoB_Engineering @farscopecdt @EPSRC @BristolUni @BristolRobotLab
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Fun MSc Robotics project I am supervising to together with @BristolBioSci: Shooting lasers are small vibrating structures with the goal to build insect-inspired, #hairy sound sensors #MScRoboticsBristol @UoB_Engineering @SoftLabBristol @BristolEngMaths
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Beautiful morphosis from tadpole to frog. 🐸🤖
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My son’s reinterpretation of the @BristolUni logo in #CuteStyle using Google Translator to made some slight adaptations to the motto.
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Absolutely fascinating talk by @liningy on #MorphingMatter #MorphologicalComputation - really inspiring!
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Really cool results from my PhD student Yiheng Zhu on using growing morphologies to facilitate learning to control. The videos shows nicely how the robot exploited the tail & legs #ReinforcementLearning #MorphologicalComputation @farscopecdt @BristolEngMaths @SoftLabBristol 🐸🤖
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We are busy 3D printing spider webs. @LeverhulmeTrust project #MorphologicalComputation 🕷🕸@SoftLabBristol @UoB_Engineering @BristolRobotLab @BristolEngMaths
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Nice video by @smartereveryday explaining visually how #FourierSeries work.
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Proud of my son’s banknote design for a competition of the @bankofengland #ThinkScience #AlexanderFlemming
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Really interesting talk by Dave Ackley @livcomp with a lot of parallels to #MorphologicalComputation:
#RobustnessBeforePrecision, #GoodEnough, #RenegotiationBetweenHardwareAndSoftware
piped.video/fz5aJNZOFIE
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Marc Raibert is emphasising that the environment plays a crucial role! ...which is a key principle of #MorphologicalComputation @iros_2018 @SoftLabBristol
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Very cool #TED talk by Greg Gage @gagegreg
"Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate"
Watch till the end! #MorphologicalComputation @TEDTalks
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We proudly present the two #SoftRobots built by our @SoftLabBristol students for the #RoboSoft2018 conference competition #Rubic and #GoodVibes @BristolRobotLab @BristolEngMaths @UoB_Engineering piped.video/watch?v=p3vg_wQl…
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Video on the very fascinating EU project @florarobotica
"Societies of Symbiotic Robot-Plant Bio-Hybrids as Social Architectural Artifacts” #plants #robots #SciFi - Very cool @kstoy73!
🌻+🌳+🤖
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Nice talk on #MorphologicalComputation by @thrishantha
"If robots were to survive like living beings"
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Mesmerizing movements of sheep and cattle. Always fascinating and beautiful #SwarmRobotics
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Very inspiring. Father builds prosthetic for his little boy #3DPrinting #Maker
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Video up about our @SoftLabBristol projects. 🕸️👖🐛🤖
@UoB_Engineering
@BristolEngMaths @BristolRobotLab
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Very cool concept: vine-like, growing robot by Uni @Stanford piped.video/watch?v=oRjFFgAZ…
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Spiders are just amazing. Darwin spiders produce up to 25 meters of silk to bridge rivers. #mindblowing
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It seems there is still some hope that future generations will not have a problem with robots :-) #RobotFriend
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Evolving #MorphologicalComputation – great contribution by @DoctorJosh to our e-book (tinyurl.com/hnulfsy)
PDF: tinyurl.com/zud4luj
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"Morphological Computing and Design" – @livingarchitect's contribution to our e-book on #MorphologicalComputation
tinyurl.com/gm5yu2r
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Great talk today by @alan_winfield at @KingsTaunton. There was a queue of pupils waiting to ask questions! @SoftLabBristol @BristolRobotLab
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Anyone doing CREATE level 2 @BristolUni? I will a teach course on "Managing Your Own Time and Effectiveness”. #veryexcited @BristolUniASD
