The Morphological Computation Principles as a New Paradigm for Robotic Design The Observation of the Morphological Computation Phenomenon in Nature is the First Step for the Formalization of the Principle

Abstract: A theory, by definition, is a generalization of some phenomenon obser-vations, and a principle is a law or a rule that should be followed as a guideline. Their formalization is a creative process, which faces specific and attested steps. The following sections reproduce this logical flow by expressing the principle of Morpho-logical Computation as a timeline: firstly the observations of this phenomenon in Nature has been reported in relation with some recent theories, afterward it has been linked with the current applications in artificial systems and finally the further ap-plications, challenges and objectives will project this principle into future scenarios