From bricks to brains : the embodied cognitive science of LEGO robots / Michael R. W. Dawson, Brian Dupuis, Michael Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawson, Michael Robert William, 1959- author.

Dupuis, Brian, 1984- author.

Wilson, Michael, 1987- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robots--Programming.

Robots.

Robots--Dynamics.

Cognitive science.

Robots--Design and construction.

Artificial intelligence.

LEGO toys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athabasca University Press 2010

Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From Bricks to Brains introduces embodied cognitive science, and illustrates its foundational ideas through the construction and observation of LEGO Mindstorms robots.Discussing the characteristics that distinguish embodied cognitive science from classical cognitive science, From Bricks to Brains places a renewed emphasis on sensing and acting, the importance of embodiment, the exploration of distributed notions of control, and the development of theories by synthesizing simple systems and exploring their behaviour. Numerous examples are used to illustrate a key theme: the importance of an age

Contents:

Mind control - internal or external?

Classical music and the classical mind

Situated cognition and bricolage

Braitenberg's vehicle 2

Thoughtless walkers

Machina speculatrix

The subsumption architecture

Embodiment, stigmergy, and swarm intelligence

Totems, toys

or tools?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612852022

9781282852020

1282852027

9781897425794

1897425791

OCLC:

669500748