Tyrrell, A.M.Sanchez, E.Floreano, D.Tempesti, G.Mange, D.Moreno, J.-M.Rosenberg, J.Villa, A. E. P.2006-01-122006-01-122006-01-12200310.1007/3-540-36553-2_12https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/221584WOS:0001829752000123800It is clear to all, after a moments thought, that nature has much wemight be inspired by when designing our systems, for example: robustness, adaptability and complexity, to name a few. The implementation of bio-inspired systems in hardware has however been limited, and more often than not been more a matter of artistry than engineering. The reasons for this are many, but one of the main problems has always been the lack of a universal platform, and of a proper methodology for the implementation of such systems. The ideas presented in this paper are early results of a new research project, "Reconfigurable POEtic Tissue". The goal of the project is the development of a hardware platform capable of implementing systems inspired by all three major axes (phylogenesis, ontogenesis, and epigenesis) of bio-inspiration, in digital hardware.Reconfigurable HardwareElectronic TissueEvolvable HardwarePOEticEvolutionary Roboticstext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper