2010, Vol.13, No.1, pp.24-31
The aim of this paper is to introduce as nonlinear phenomena in
complex systems can lead to new nonlinear engineering
technologies. In particular, several case studies in the design of
innovative robots are briefly discussed. It will be faced how in
the last ten years in the laboratory of Automation and Complex
Systems at the University of Catania the ideas of using the theory
of complexity can address to innovative artifacts with industrial
and advanced applications. A gallery of robots will be presented
and they will be explored showing how each of them can be matched
in the universal complexity diagram of Varela and Kantz.
Key words:
complexity, mobile robots, emergent behaviour, dynamical systems,
synchronization
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