From Animals to Robots: Neuroscience & Engineering

From Animals to Robots: Neuroscience & Engineering

How are animals so remarkably effective in getting around in the world? A striking feature of animal behavior is its flexibility, adaptability, and resilience. Whether one is swatting away fruit flies, admiring a squirrel scrambling up the trunk of a tree, or trying to chase cockroaches out of an apartment, the agility and speed with which animals can respond to avoid danger and achieve their goals is impressive. Understanding how the body and brain work together to create such adaptive behavior could create new technical solutions including novel, autonomous robots. Such innovations can contribute to increasing our society’s resilience when dealing with global challenges.

Participants of this public panel discussion will hear from experts in the areas of neuroscience, robotics, and control who work together within the Communication, Coordination and Control in Neuromechanical Systems (C3NS) network. C3NS is an innovative transatlantic research program, co-funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) together with the German Research Foundation (DFG), as well as Canadian and UK partner organizations. It is part of NSF’s Novel Networks for Neuroscience – NeuroNex – project.

Join us to:

• Discover how robotics and engineering can be advanced through neuroscience and the study of flexible animal behavior
• Experience the power of a transatlantic and interdisciplinary collaboration between North America and Europe at an exciting research frontier
• Enjoy a networking reception following the panel

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