From fossil to robot and back again

An interdisciplinary team of researchers carries out research on a fossil approximately 300 million years old

Further information

Reference to the study: Nyakatura, JA et al. 2019. Reverse- engineering the locomotion of a stem amniote. Nature 565, 351–355

Link to original publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0851-2

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Link to the interactive website of the study

Contact

Prof. Dr. John Nyakatura
Institute of Biology / Interdisciplinary laboratory Image Knowledge Gestaltung
Tel.: 030 2093-6726
john.nyakatura@hu-berlin.de
http://www.nyakaturalab.com/

Dr. Kamilo Melo
Biorobotics Laboratory
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – EPFL, Switzerland
EPFL-STI-BIOROB MED 1 1024, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
Tel.: +41-797179371
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The following institutions were involved in the study:


  • Institute of Biology, Humboldt University of Berlin [Humboldt Universität zu Berlin], Berlin, Germany.
  • Bild Wissen Gestaltung. An interdisciplinary lab, Humboldt University of Berlin [Humboldt Universität zu Berlin], Berlin, Germany.
  • Biorobotics Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Structure & Motion Laboratory, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, North Mymms, UK.
  • Faculty of Design, Media and Information [Fakultät Design, Medien und Information], Department of Design, University of Applied Sciences [Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften], Hamburg, Germany.
  • Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research with ‘Phyletische’ Museum [Institut für Zoologie und Evolutionsforschung mit Phyletischem Museum], Ernst-Haeckel-Haus und Biologiedidaktik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany
  • Knowledge Visualisation, Zurich University of the Arts [Zürcher Hochschule der Künste], Zurich, Switzerland.