Active Perception Lab The work in the lab is oriented towards the development of biomimetic sensors for environment perception by autonomous systems. This interdisciplinary research is directed at the study of biological sensory systems with the aim of extracting a better understanding of the engineering solutions nature, after a very long evolutionary optimization process, has come up with.  We maintain that the regions of the design space explored by nature are sufficiently different from the ones explored by human engineers that this approach can function as a source of interesting, new, ideas for engineered systems as well. Because biological organisms and their environments form tightly coupled interacting systems in which all components: environmental characteristics and dynamics, sensory  morphology, peripheral and central neural processing and behavioural patterns play a significant role our research will be carried out at three levels simultaneously: the morphology and mechanics, the signal processing, and the behavioural strategies of the model animal systems. Extraction of significant environment information is considered an emergent property from processing going on at all three levels.
How to reach us Our office is located at the City Campus of the University Antwerp in the 'Labotheek' on the third floor in building 15 above the university restaurant 'Ten Prinsenhove'. A map of the City Campus can be found here. The address is: Koningstraat 8 2000 Antwerpen	Grotere kaart weergeven