Edited by Tony J. Prescott, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Sheffield Robotics, The University of Sheffield, UK, Nathan Lepora, Senior Lecturer in Engineering Mathematics, Department of Engineering Mathematics and Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of Bristol, UK, and Paul F.M.J Verschure, Research Professor and Director, Catalan Institute for Bioengineering, Spain
Tony Prescott is Professor of Cognitive Robotics at the University of Sheffield, UK, and Director of Sheffield Robotics, a cross-disciplinary research institute with over one hundred and fifty researchers (www.sheffieldrobotics.ac.uk). His background mixes psychology, neuroethology, and brain theory with robotics and artificial intelligence, and his research aims at answering questions about human nature by creating synthetic entities with capacities such as perception, memory, emotion, and sense of self. He is the co-creator of the mammal-like robots Scratchbot and Shrewbot, and is the co-founder of the UK company Consequential Robotics (www.consequentialrobotics.com ) that is developing assistive and companion robots including the animal-like robot 'pet' MiRo. He co-founded the International Living Machines conference series and also writes and speaks on societal and ethical issues in technology and the brain sciences.
Nathan Lepora is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering Mathematicss at the University of Bristol, UK, and leads the Tactile Robotics Theme at Bristol Robotics Laboratory. His research interests span robotics, neuroscience, and biomimetics, focusing on the design of novel 3D-printed dexterous tactile robotic hands and sensors that can intelligently perceive, explore, and manipulate their environment. His team's research is supported by EPSRC and a Leverhulme Leadership Award, has won several international awards in robotics, and is on display in the Science Museum, London. He has authored over 60 academic publications, edited several proceedings, including three Living Machines conference volumes, and also written eight books for children on science and technology.
Paul Verschure is a research professor with the Catalan Institute of Advanced Studies and Director of the Neuroengineering program at the Catalan Institute for Bioengineering. Paul trained in Psychology and his scientific aim is to find a unified theory of mind and brain using synthetic methods and to apply it to quality of life enhancing technologies. He has advanced a theory of mind and brain, Distributed Adaptive Control, which has led to a novel neurorehabilitation approach called the Rehabilitation Gaming System (eodyne.com). He also explores new methods for the exploration of complex data (brainx3.com) that is being tested on data from the human brain. Complementary to his science, Paul has developed and deployed over 25 art installations (http://specs.upf.edu/installations) from interactive spaces to BCI orchestras, robot Theremin soloists and virtual/augmented reality installations and tools for the holocaust memorial sites (futurememoryfoundation.org).
Iain A. Anderson, Auckland Bioengineering Group, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Minoru Asada, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
Joseph Ayers, Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, USA
Belén Rubio Ballester, SPECS, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain
Sliman J. Bensmaia, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, USA
Theodore W. Berger, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Josh Bongard, Department of Computer Science, University of Vermont, USA
Frederic Boyer, Ecole de Mines de Nantes, Institut de Research en Communications et Cybernétique de Nantes, France
Dieter Braun, Physics Department, Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Joanna J. Bryson, Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, UK
Gregory S. Chirikjian, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Roberto Cingolani, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
Emily C. Collins, , Sheffield Robotics, University of Sheffield, UK
Holk Cruse, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
Mark R. Cutkosky, School of Engineering, Stanford University, USA
Terrence W. Deacon, Anthropology Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Piotr Dudek, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, UK
Ugur Murat Erdem, Department of Mathematics, North Dakota State University, USA
Toshio Fukuda, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan
Ulrich Gerland, Arnold-Sommerfeld-Center for Theoretical Physics and Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
John Greenman, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of the West of England, UK
David J. Gunkel, Communication Studies, Northern Illinois University, USA
José Halloy, Paris Interdisciplinary Energy Research Institute (LIED), Université Paris Diderot, France
Michael E. Hasselmo, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Center for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University, USA
Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Department of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan
Anders Hedenström, Department of Biology, Lund University, Sweden
Ivan Herreros, SPECS, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain
James Hughes, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Boston, USA, and University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
Ioannis Ieropoulos, Centre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England, UK
Auke Jan Ijspeert, Biorobotics Laboratory, EPFL, Switzerland
Akio Ishiguro, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Japan
Hoon Eui Jeong, School of Mechanical and Advanced Materials Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Moritz Kreysing, Physics Department, Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Leah Krubitzer, Centre for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, USA
Maarja Kruusmaa, Centre for Biorobotics, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Vincent Lebastard, Ecole de Mines de Nantes, Institut de Research en Communications et Cybernétique de Nantes, France
Pablo Ledezma, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, UK, and Advanced Water Management Centre, University of Queensland, Australia
Chanseok Lee, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea
Torsten Lehmann, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, University of New South Wales, Australia
Joel Z. Leibo, Google DeepMind and McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
Charles Lenay, Philosophy and Cognitive Science, University of Technology of Compiègne, France
John J. Leonard, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Nathan F. Lepora, Department of Engineering Mathematics and Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of Bristol, UK
Hannah Maslen, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, UK
Christof Mast, Physics Department, Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Barbara Mazzolai, Center for Micro-BioRobotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
Chris Melhuish, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of the West of England, UK
Giorgio Metta, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
Abigail Millings, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK
Ben Mitchinson, Sheffield Robotics and Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK
Friederike Möller, Physics Department, Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Matthew S. Moses, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Anna Mura, SPECS, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain
Masahiro Nakajima, Center for Micro-nano Mechatronics, Nagoya University, Japan
Stefano Nolfi, Laboratory of Autonomous Robots and Artificial Life, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (CNR-ISTC), Rome, Italy
Benedikt Obermayer, Arnold-Sommerfeld-Center for Theoretical Physics and Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Benjamin M. O'Brien, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Changhyun Pang, School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Tim C. Pearce, Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, UK
Tomaso Poggio, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Girijesh Prasad, School of Computing and Intelligent Systems, University of Ulster, UK.
Tony J. Prescott, Sheffield Robotics and Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK
Holger Preuschoft, Institute of Anatomy, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Roger D. Quinn, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Roy E. Ritzmann, Biology Department, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Nicholas Roy, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Julian Savulescu, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, UK
Giacomo Scandroglio, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of the West of England, UK
Cornelius Schilling, Institut für Mikro- und Nanotechnologien, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
Malte Schilling, Center of Excellence for Cognitive Interaction Technology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
Severin Schink, Arnold-Sommerfeld-Center for Theoretical Physics and Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Allen Selverston, Division of Biological Science, University of California, San Diego, USA
Wolfgang Send, ANIPROP GbR, Göttingen, Germany
Anil K. Seth, Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex, UK
Leslie S. Smith, Department of Computing, Science and Mathematics, University of Stirling, UK
Dong Song, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, USA
Kahp-Yang Suh, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea
Michael Szollosy, Sheffield Robotics, University of Sheffield, UK
Masaru Takeuchi, Department of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan
Matthieu Tixier, Institut Charles Delaunay, Troyes University of Technology, France
Barry Trimmer, Biology Department, Tufts University, USA
Takuya Umedachi, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Japan
André van Schaik, Bioelectronics and Neuroscience, MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University, Australia
Stefano Vassanelli, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy
Paul F. M. J. Verschure, SPECS, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain
Julian Vincent, School of Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Vicky Vouloutsi, SPECS, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain
Stuart P. Wilson, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK
Hartmut Witte, Institut für Mikro- und Nanotechnologien, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
Robert H. Wortham, Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, UK
