Morphogenetic robotics
Morphogenetic robotics generally refers to the methodologies that address challenges in robotics inspired by biological morphogenesis. Background. Differences to epigenetic. Morphogenetic robotics is related to, but differs from, epigenetic robotics. The main difference between morphogenetic robotics and epigenetic robotics is that the former focuses on self-organization, self-reconfiguration, self-assembly and self-adaptive control of robots using genetic and cellular mechanisms inspired from biological early morphogenesis ("activity-independent development"), during which the body and controller of the organisms are developed simultaneously, whereas the latter emphasizes the development of robots' cognitive capabilities, such as language, emotion and social  skills, through experience during the lifetime ("activity-dependent development"). Morphogenetic robotics is closely connected to developmental biology and systems biology, whilst epigenetic robotics is related to developmental cognitive neuroscience emerged from cognitive science, developmental psychology and neuroscience. Topics. Morphogenetic robotics includes, but is not limited to the following main topics: