Frequently Asked Questions

Here are answer to a number of frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding morphological computation. Note that this is our opinion.

1. What is Morphological Computation?

Morphological is a concept in robotics that suggests that the morphology of the body (form, shape, but also it dynamic properties) can encode useful functionality. This means part of the tasks that are required from a robot (sensing, actuation, computation) can often be outsourced to the morphology. As a result, we can obtain systems that reunderlying design concepts are inspired by biological systems. Therefore,

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2. Is Morphological Computation not just clever engineering?

Morphological computation is an engineering

3. Does that mean that the whole universe is a giant computer?

Not necessarily! The idea that every dynamical process in the universe is carrying out computation is not very useful. The term computation is not meaning anymore.

4. What is the difference between morphological computation, embodied intelligence, and physical intelligence?

All of these concept are related and overlap. Embodied intelligence is the most general one and it includes a wide range of concepts outside of robotics. …. . Physical intelligence is another

5. If there is not agreed definition, is it still useful?

6. Isn’t this just a hype?

The idea of morphological computation has been not around for decades. It gained addition Rolf Pfeifer