Controllable Biological Rhythms and Patterns

Hiroshi Ito; Takuma Sugi; Ken H. Nagai

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JRM Vol.34 No.2 pp. 253-256

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2022.p0253

(2022)

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Controllable Biological Rhythms and Patterns

Hiroshi Ito^, Takuma Sugi^, and Ken H. Nagai^

^*Faculty of Design, Kyushu University
4-9-1 Shiobaru, Fukuoka 815-8540, Japan

^**Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University
1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan

^***School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan

Received:

September 25, 2021

Accepted:

November 15, 2021

Published:

April 20, 2022

Keywords:

circadian rhythms, pattern formation, KaiC, chromatophore, C. elegans

Abstract

One of the goals of soft robotics is to implement intelligent functions capable of processing complex information in soft materials. This is a noble goal, and we already have a familiar example, albeit not an artificial one, in a living organism. We believe that the intelligent biological elements acquired through the evolutionary process, which do not require an electricity supply or CPU, can be used for soft robotics. In this letter, we introduce three biological elements: proteins, squid, and nematodes, which show temporal or special patterns. We then discuss an attempt to apply them to soft robotics.

C. elegans population forming a dynamical network

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H. Ito, T. Sugi, and K. Nagai, “Controllable Biological Rhythms and Patterns,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.34 No.2, pp. 253-256, 2022.

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[3] [3] T. Yoshida, Y. Murayama, H. Ito, H. Kageyama, and T. Kondo, “Non-parametric entrainment of the in vitro circadian phosphorylation rhythm of cyanobacterial KaiC by temperature cycle,” Proc. of National Academy of Sciences, Vol.106, No.5, pp. 1648-1653, 2009.

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[7] [7] E. Florey, “Nervous control and spontaneous activity of the chromatophores of a cephalopod, Loligo opalescens,” Comp. Biochem. Physiol., Vol.18, Issue 2, pp. 305-324, 1966.

[8] [8] R. Sho, T. Yamagawa, H. Moribe, H. Ito, and K. Nakajima, “Speech recognition by chromatophores of squid via reservoir computing,” Proc. of 2021 Int. Symp. on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS), 2021.

Controllable Biological Rhythms and Patterns

Hiroshi Ito*, Takuma Sugi**, and Ken H. Nagai***

Hiroshi Ito^, Takuma Sugi^, and Ken H. Nagai^