# Episode 83: Life-like artificial systems - Estelle Raffy

- Show: [Robot Talk](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk)
- Published: 2024-05-03
- Length: 25m
- Episode: 83
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-05-03-episode-83-life-like-artificial-systems-estelle-raffy
- Listen: https://ukrobotics.libsyn.com/episode-eighty-three-estelle-raffy

## Summary

Estelle Raffy, a PhD student at the University of Bristol, explains how decentralized biological systems like octopuses and single cells inspire her work on 'life-like' artificial systems. She details the use of tensegrity structures in her 10-segment robot prototype, where distributed microcontrollers manage homeostasis and resilience without central control. Raffy also discusses the MorphoTalks seminar series, which explores morphological computation and the blurred lines between intelligence and adaptive behavior across disciplines.

## Chapters

- [0:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-05-03-episode-83-life-like-artificial-systems-estelle-raffy#t=8) Introduction: Estelle Raffy and the University of Bristol
- [2:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-05-03-episode-83-life-like-artificial-systems-estelle-raffy#t=132) From Neuroscience to Robotics: The Octopus Inspiration
- [6:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-05-03-episode-83-life-like-artificial-systems-estelle-raffy#t=387) Tensegrity Architecture and the Definition of Life
- [9:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-05-03-episode-83-life-like-artificial-systems-estelle-raffy#t=594) The 10-Segment Robot Prototype and Distributed Control
- [13:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-05-03-episode-83-life-like-artificial-systems-estelle-raffy#t=818) Learning from Decentralized Intelligence: Octopuses and Flatworms
- [17:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-05-03-episode-83-life-like-artificial-systems-estelle-raffy#t=1050) Resilient Robots and Functional Homeostasis
- [20:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-05-03-episode-83-life-like-artificial-systems-estelle-raffy#t=1230) MorphoTalks Seminar Series and Morphological Computation

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- University of Bristol (company)
- MorphoTalks (other)
- Helmut Hauser (other)
- VJ (other)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [103. Ant Inspired Swarm Robots](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2023-01-03-103-ant-inspired-swarm-robots) (The Next Byte Podcast)
- [133. Mighty Morphing All Terrain Robots Made By Nature](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2023-08-01-133-mighty-morphing-all-terrain-robots-made-by-nature) (The Next Byte Podcast)
- [35. The Feisty Crustacean That Inspired A New Generation of Super Robots](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-09-14-35-the-feisty-crustacean-that-inspired-a-new-generation-of-super-robots) (The Next Byte Podcast)
- [49. What Robots Can Learn from Starfish and Falcons](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-12-21-49-what-robots-can-learn-from-starfish-and-falcons) (The Next Byte Podcast)
- [Seeing Robotics and Machine Vision as Dynamical Systems](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2023-10-13-seeing-robotics-and-machine-vision-as-dynamical-systems) (EE Times Current)

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