OCTOPUS INTEGRATING PROJECT

The OCTOPUS Integrating Project is not focused only on the study and imitation of one octopus arm, but on the study of the whole octopus body and how its eight arms are coordinated in manipulation and locomotion tasks. This project is expected to achieve new science and new technology... OCTOPUS is a Large-Scale Integrating Project funded by the European Commission under the 7 th Framework Programme in the theme of the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)... OCTOPUS aims at investigating and understanding the key principles of the octopus body and brain, by building a soft 8-arm robot, able to move in water, to elongate its arms, to reach and grasp, and to locomote.

Also known as: OCTOPUS