Andrea Ferigo
Papers
8
Total Citations
78
H-Index
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About
Andrea Ferigo is a computational researcher specializing in evolutionary robotics, soft robotics, and biologically inspired learning systems. His work centers on voxel-based soft robots (VSRs), a modular simulation framework that allows simultaneous co-evolution of body morphology, neural control, and sensory systems. Ferigo has made notable contributions by demonstrating that evolving the sensory apparatus of soft robots — not just their shape and brain — significantly enhances adaptive behavior, a finding reflected in his most-cited work (22 citations). He has also pioneered the application of Hebbian learning rules within VSRs, exploring how synaptic plasticity enables robots to adapt during their lifetimes, a line of research that has attracted sustained interest across multiple publications totaling over 20 citations. His investigations into evolvability offer rigorous experimental frameworks for quantifying how robustly evolutionary systems generate adaptive variation. More recently, Ferigo has pushed toward neuron-centric learning models and totipotent neural controllers — drawing inspiration from cellular biology to achieve functional specialization through co-evolution. With a growing body of work accumulating nearly 80 citations, Ferigo represents an emerging voice bridging evolutionary computation, embodied intelligence, and neuroscience-inspired machine learning.
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- 2Evolving Hebbian Learning Rules in Voxel-Based Soft Robots14 citations · 2022
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- 5Evolving Hebbian Learning Rules in Voxel-based Soft Robots7 citations · 2021
- 6Neuron-centric Hebbian Learning5 citations · 2024
- 7Evolving Hebbian Learning Rules in Voxel-based Soft Robots4 citations · 2021
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