Developmental robotics : from babies to robots / Angelo Cangelosi and Matthew Schlesinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cangelosi, Angelo, 1967- author.

Schlesinger, Matthew, 1967- author.

Series:

Intelligent robotics and autonomous agents

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autonomous robots.

Machine learning.

Robotics.

Self-organizing systems.

Physical Description:

xvi, 410 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]

Summary:

Developmental robotics is a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to robotics that is directly inspired by the developmental principles and mechanisms observed in children's cognitive development. It builds on the idea that the robot, using a set of intrinsic developmental principles regulating the real-time interaction of its body, brain, and environment, can autonomously acquire an increasingly complex set of sensorimotor and mental capabilities. This volume, drawing on insights from psychology, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, and robotics, offers the first comprehensive overview of a rapidly growing field. After providing some essential background information on robotics and developmental psychology, the book looks in detail at how developmental robotics models and experiments have attempted to realize a range of behavioral and cognitive capabilities. The examples in these chapters were chosen because of their direct correspondence with specific issues in child psychology research; each chapter begins with a concise and accessible overview of relevant empirical and theoretical findings in developmental psychology. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Growing Babies and Robots 1

2 Baby Robots 19

3 Novelty, Curiosity, and Surprise 73

4 Seeing the World 113

5 Motor-Skill Acquisition 147

6 Social Robots 185

7 First Words 229

8 Reasoning with Abstract Knowledge 275

9 Conclusions 319.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780262028011

0262028018

OCLC:

878501815