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KOVAN research lab is founded  to study the synthesis of intelligent systems inspired from nature.  Our inspiration stems from a wide range fields ranging from social insects to biological neural systems and evolution. Autonomous agents (including robots) are preferred as a major test-bed in our studies.

Highlights

MACS Project: How can concepts from Cognitive Systems be applied to Autonomous Robots? This research track is being supported by the MACS project, a StREP project accepted by the EC (European Commission) in FP6 within the ``Cognitive Systems'' strategic objective call of IST. Click here for more information. The learning and use of traversability affordance on a mobile robot. From Primitive Behaviors to Goal Directed Behavior using Affordances NEW! To afford or not to afford: A new formalization of affordances towards affordance-based robot control

CoSwarm(Controllable Robotic Swarms): The main scientific objective of this project is to investigate how and to what extend the dynamics of a robotic swarm can be externally controlled. In the project, a heterogeneous swarm, consisting of two types of mobile robots, one in large numbers but simple, the other in fewer numbers but more complex, will be developed. The experiments to be made with the real robots will be complemented by systematic experiments carried out in physically realistic simulation models that will also be developed. Click here for more information.

Kovan Research Lab is a member of European Robotics Research Network (EURON).