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Biorobotics: Engineering with Agential Materials
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This is an ~1 hour talk by Michael Levin on the topic of engineering with agential (living) materials, given for the students and other members of the ETHZ Zurich Soft Robotics Lab led by Prof. Robert Katzschmann).
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CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Introduction: Biorobotics & Materials
(02:20) The Anatomical Compiler
(04:15) Agential Materials & Competency
(07:00) Biological Plasticity Examples
(11:50) Navigating Anatomical Space
(15:00) Beyond Molecular Medicine
(17:40) Intelligence in Development
(21:00) Newt Tubule Plasticity
(24:00) Picasso Tadpole Experiment
(27:00) Pattern Homeostasis & Setpoints
(29:40) Bioelectricity as Interface
(32:00) Reading Electrical Patterns
(34:00) Manipulating Bioelectric Info
(35:40) Bioelectric Organ Triggers
(38:30) Frog Leg Regeneration
(40:00) Planarian Pattern Memory
(43:30) Properties of Memory
(45:00) Modeling Anatomical Decisions
(46:30) Head Shape Plasticity
(49:00) Hacking Plant Morphogenesis
(50:30) Full Stack Modeling
(51:30) Cancer & Cognitive Cone
(54:00) Synthetic Xenobots
(57:30) Human Anthrobots
(59:30) Future of Life Forms
(01:03:00) Summary & Acknowledgements
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