Research on adaptive motion in animals and machines is thriving. As illustrated by the numerous examples in these AMAM2005 proceedings, there are increasing numbers of fruitful collaborations between engineers and biologists, in all aspects related to adaptive motion, including body structures, materials, sensors, control mechanisms, and adaptive mechanisms. This article makes a brief review of, on one hand, how engineering techniques, in particular robots, can be useful to characterize and investigate animal motor control, and, on the other hand, how biological studies can help designing better machines.
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