Microsoft Word - ep_buller.2.doc Volitron: On a Psychodynamic Robot and Its Four Realities Andrzej Buller ATR Human Information Science Laboratories 2-2-2 Hikaridai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0288 Japan buller@atr.co.jp Abstract This paper discusses the concept of VolitronÑa controller to make its host robot increase its competence in such activities as self-initiated exploration of an envi

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Microsoft Word - Dickerson.cba.doc Looking like a human: How conversation analytic work on gaze direction in human interaction can be relevant for design and analysis of robotic interaction Paul Dickerson School of Psychology and Counselling University of Surrey Roehampton P.Dickerson@roehampton.ac.uk Abstract A crucial aspect of the development of language in children has been concerned with prag

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Behaviour-based Knowledge Systems: An Epigenetic Path from Behaviour to Knowledge Carlos Gershenson School of Cognitive and Computer Sciences University of Sussex Brighton, BN1 9QN, U. K. C.Gershenson@sussex.ac.uk http://www.cogs.sussex.ac.uk/users/carlos Abstract In this paper we expose the theoretical background underlying our current research. This consists in the development of behaviour-based

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Proposing a new focus for the study of natural and artificial cognitive systems Uri Hershberg ∗ ∗ Interdisciplinary Center for Neuronal Computation Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel uriher@cc.huji.ac.il Abstract In the study of systems the function of the system is often a good hint to how it works. In the following paper I would like to sug- gest that in studying or modeling a cognitive system

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Nakata Generation of Whole-Body Expressive Movement Based on Somatical Theories Toru NAKATA Intelligent Systems Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (ISI AIST), Tsukuba, JAPAN. toru-nakata@aist.go.jp, http://staff.aist.go.jp/toru-nakata/ Abstract An automatic choreography method to generate life- like body movements is proposed. This method is based on somati

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Physically Embedded Genetic Algorithm Learning in Multi-Robot Scenarios: The PEGA algorithm Ulrich Nehmzow Department of Computer Science University of Essex GB - Colchester CO4 3SQ udfn@essex.ac.uk Abstract We present experiments in which a group of autonomous mobile robots learn to per- form fundamental sensor-motor tasks through a collaborative learning process. Behavioural strategies, i.e. mot

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Microsoft Word - Uller2.cba.doc What’s the young infant representation of number like? Claudia Uller The Institute of Cognitive Science The University of Louisiana at Lafayette uller@louisiana.edu Abstract In discussions of the ontogenetic origins of numerical abilities to date, most of the research suggests that infants establish representations of numbers of objects presented visually, auditoril

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pragmatic.dvi Behavior-Based Early Language Development on a Humanoid Robot Paulina Varshavskaya (Varchavskaia) Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT NE43-937, 200 Technology Square Cambridge, MA 02139 US paulina@ai.mit.edu Abstract We are exploring the idea that early lan- guage acquisition could be better modelled on an artificial creature by considering the prag- matic aspect of natural language and

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Walking Humanoids for Robotics Research Krister Wolff Peter Nordin Dept. of Physical Resource Theory, Complex Systems Group Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg, S-412 96, Sweden {wolff, nordin}@fy.chalmers.se Abstract We present three humanoid robots aimed as platforms for research in robotics, and cognitive development in robotics systems. The ’priscilla’ robot is a 180cm full scale human

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The Whole World in Your Hand: Active and Interactive Segmentation Artur Arsenio∗ Paul Fitzpatrick∗ Charles C. Kemp∗ Giorgio Metta∗∗ 1 ∗MIT AI Lab Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA ∗∗Lira Lab, DIST, University of Genova Genova, Italy Abstract Object segmentation is a fundamental problem in computer vision and a powerful resource for development. This paper presents three embod- ied approaches to the vi

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Modeling Human Infant Learning in Embodied Artificial Entities to Produce Grounded Concepts Eric Berkowitz Roosevelt University 1400 N. Roosevelt Blvd. Schaumburg, IL 60173 eric@cs.roosevelt.edu Abstract I present a system for concept development in an ar- tificial entity. The concept development is designed around the foundations of human cognition while at the same time remaining grounded in the

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intro.dvi Introduction: The Third International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics Luc Berthouze Neuroscience Research Institute Tsukuba AIST Central 2, Umezono 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8568 Japan Luc.Berthouze@aist.go.jp Christopher G. Prince Department of Computer Science University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN 55812 USA chris@cprince.com 1. Introduction This paper summarizes the paper and poster con- t

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Speech Development by Imitation Björn Breidegard Certec, Lund Institute of Technology P.O. Box 118 S-221 00 LUND, Sweden bjorn@certec.lth.se Christian Balkenius Lund University Cognitive Science Kungshuset, Lundag̊ard S-223 50 LUND, Sweden christian.balkenius@lucs.lu.se Abstract The Double Cone Model (DCM) is a model of how the brain transforms sensory input to motor commands through successive s

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C:\Documents and Settings\Antonio\Desktop\epirob\emotions.dvi Conceptual Spaces and Robotic Emotions Antonio Chella Department of Computer Engineering, University of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy Email: chella@unipa.it 1. Introduction In recent years, there has been a growing inter- est in modelling emotional responses inside the perception—action loop of an autonomous robot. O

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Action Oriented Adaptive Language Games Robert Clowes COGS: School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences University of Sussex Sussex robertc@cogs.susx.ac.uk 1. Extended Abstract In a recent article (Lindblom and Ziemke, 2002) the authors argue much of the work in epigenetic robotics and related elds has either direct or indirect inspi- ration from the work of the Psychologist and theo- retician L. S

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Perceptual Abstraction for Robotic Cognitive Development DRIANCOURT remi Intelligent Robot Lab., University of Tsukuba, JAPAN driancourt@roboken.esys.tsukuba.ac.jp Abstract We are concerned with the design of a devel- opmental robot that learns from scratch sim- ple models about itself and its surroundings. A particular attention is given to perceptual abstraction from high-dimensional sensors. 1.

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What should a robot learn from an infant? Mechanisms of action interpretation and observational learning in infancy György Gergely Institute for Psychology Hungarian Academy of Sciences Victor Hugo u. 18-22 1132 BUDAPEST gergelyg@mtapi.hu Abstract The paper provides a summary of our recent research on preverbal infants (using violation-of-expectation and observational learning paradigms) demonstra

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A Developmental Organization for Robot Behavior Roderic A. Grupen Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics Department of Computer Science University of Massachusetts Amherst grupen@cs.umass.edu Abstract This paper focuses on exploring how learn- ing and development can be structured in syn- thetic (robot) systems. We present a devel- opmental assembler for constructing reusable and temporally extended a

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