A Roadmap for Cognitive Development in Humanoid Robots

David Vernon, Claes Von Hofsten, Luciano Fadiga (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

XIV, 229 Seiten

2014
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
9783642423086 (ISBN)

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This book addresses the central role played by development in cognition. The focus is on applying our knowledge of development in natural cognitive systems, specifically human infants, to the problem of creating artificial cognitive systems in the guise of humanoid robots. The approach is founded on the three-fold premise that (a) cognition is the process by which an autonomous self-governing agent acts effectively in the world in which it is embedded, (b) the dual purpose of cognition is to increase the agent's repertoire of effective actions and its power to anticipate the need for future actions and their outcomes, and (c) development plays an essential role in the realization of these cognitive capabilities. Our goal in this book is to identify the key design principles for cognitive development. We do this by bringing together insights from four areas: enactive cognitive science, developmental psychology, neurophysiology, and computational modelling. This results in roadmap comprising a set of forty-three guidelines for the design of a cognitive architecture and its deployment in a humanoid robot. The book includes a case study based on the iCub, an open-systems humanoid robot which has been designed specifically as a common platform for research on embodied cognitive systems .

A Conceptual Framework for Developmental Cognitive Systems.- Pre-natal Development and Core Abilities.- The Development of Cognitive Capabilities in Infants.- What Neurophysiology Teaches Us About Perception and Action.- Computational Models of Cognition.- A Research Roadmap..- The iCub Cognitive Architecture.- Conclusion.

From the book reviews:

"This is a book concerning the development of iCUB humanoid robots involving motor, sensorimotor, and cognitive architectures. This is a necessary monograph on the subject and I highly recommend it for anyone interested in robots. ... This is a provocative and excellent book on robotics." (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, August, 2014)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.10.2014
Reihe/Serie	Cognitive Systems Monographs
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 229 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	379 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Technik ► Maschinenbau
Schlagworte	Cognitive architectures • Cognitive Robotics • Developmental Psychology • humanoid robots • iCub • Neurophysiology
ISBN-13	9783642423086 / 9783642423086
Zustand	Neuware