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Total Citations
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About
Marco Tamborini is a philosopher of science whose work sits at the intersection of morphology, biorobotics, and the epistemology of form. His research explores how bio-inspired technologies—from robots modeled on living organisms to robotics-inspired theories of organic shape—are reshaping our understanding of biological structure and development. Tamborini’s major contributions include articulating the “material turn” in the study of form, showing how roboticists and engineers generate new knowledge about morphology through hands-on construction rather than passive observation. He has critically examined whether biorobotics qualifies as science, and probed the ethical dimensions of animal-robot interaction, arguing for a relational meta-ethical approach. His most cited paper, “The Material Turn in the Study of Form” (2021), has garnered 33 citations, while his work on biomimetic principles and embodied AI has drawn 22 citations. Tamborini also investigates the aesthetics of deep-time visualization and the sustainability of intelligent bio-inspired systems. Through his interdisciplinary lens, he bridges philosophy, robotics, and biology, offering a rigorous framework for understanding how we compose, combine, and ethically evaluate bio-hybrid forms in the twenty-first century.
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- 3Is biorobotics science? Some theoretical reflections16 citations · 2022
- 4Philosophie der Bionik: Das Komponieren von bio-robotischen Formen9 citations · 2023
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- 7Morphogenesis – “The Riddles of Form” in Twenty-First Century Science3 citations · 2021
- 8Data, Aesthetics, and Visualizations of Deep Time1 citations · 2024
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