title: Artificial systems as models in biological cybernetics.
abstract: From the perspective of biological cybernetics, "real world" robots have no fundamental advantage over computer simulations when used as models for biological behavior. They can even weaken biological relevance. From an engineering point of view, however, robots can benefit from solutions found in biological systems. We emphasize the importance of this distinction and give examples for artificial systems based on insect biology.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, 72076 Tübingen, Germany titus.neumann@tuebingen.mpg.de heinrich.buelthoff@tuebingen.mpg.de http://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/~titus http://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/~hhb.
authors.forename: Titus R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: Heinrich H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Bülthoff