Project description Cognitive Systems, Interaction, RoboticsNovel biologically based technology for autonomous exploration and foraging in real-world man-made indoor and outdoor environments Show the project objective Hide the project objective The single overarching goal of the SF consortium is to identify the neuronal, cognitive and behavioral principles underlying optimal foraging in rodents and to implement these principles in a real-world foraging artefact or the Synthetic Forager (SF.01). SF.01 constitutes a novel biologically based cognitive technology for autonomous exploration and foraging in real-world man-made indoor and outdoor environments. SF exploits our growing understanding of exploration and foraging behavior in rodents, advances current theories of the neuronal and behavioral organization of foraging and transfers this understanding towards the construction of novel real-world synthetic cognitive technologies. The behavior and neurophysiology of foraging will be studied in rodents behaving in automatically controlled multi-modal environments, fully controlled using an advanced experimental technology developed by the consortium. The overall integration of the perceptual, cognitive and behavioral control systems will be accomplished using a Distributed Adaptive Control (DAC). The perceptual, cognitive and behavioral control systems of SF will be based on statistical analysis and detailed game theoretic models. The SF control systems are validated against the behavioral and physiological data. The SF phenotype comprises a high-mobility robotic platform equipped with visual, auditory, olfactory and tactile sensors. The SF will be evaluated in a number of stringent benchmarks ranging from robot equivalents of rodent foraging tasks to simulated de-mining.The approach and technologies developed in SF will have long-term implications to areas including: cleaning robots, search and rescue systems, terrestrial and planetary exploration, delivery systems, autonomous transportation systems, military intelligence and battle field information control systems, environmental monitoring, internet information analysis and retrieval, information and communication networks and humanitarian de-mining. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2007.2.1 - Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator Contact Anna MURA Dr. Coordinator UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRA Address Placa de la merce, 10-12 08002 Barcelona Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Eva Martin (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 629 230,00 Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all GUGER TECHNOLOGIES OEG Austria EU contribution € 290 855,00 Address Herbersteinstrasse 60 8020 Graz See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Christoph Guger (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window UNIVERSITAET OSNABRUECK Germany EU contribution € 420 518,00 Address Neuer graben/schloss 29 49074 Osnabrueck See on map Region Niedersachsen Weser-Ems Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Renate Sokolowski (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window CONSORCI INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIONS BIOMEDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER Spain EU contribution € 320 309,00 Address Calle rossello 149 puerta bjs 08036 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Other Administrative Contact JUAN RODÉS (PROF.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ROBOSOFT Services Robots France EU contribution € 238 000,00 Address 45 allée théodore monod - technopole izarbel 64210 Bidart See on map Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Aquitaine Pyrénées-Atlantiques Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Dominique TOUYA (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY Israel EU contribution € 289 515,00 Address Ramat aviv 69978 Tel aviv See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Lea Pais (Mrs) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM Netherlands EU contribution € 561 573,00 Address Spui 21 1012WX Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Casper Huijser (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
