Epigenetic robotics
includes basic research goals of interdisciplinary integration between
developmental psychology and robotics. Psychological theory and empirical
evidence should be used to inform epigenetic robotic models, and these
models should be used as theoretical tools to make experimental predictions
in developmental psychology. Epigenetic robotics research also includes
practical goals of: (1) enabling robots and other artificial systems to
better adapt to their environments, and to better adapt to changes in
these environments, and (2) easing the problem of programming robots by
programming the robots to develop skills for any particular environment
instead of programming robots for specific environments (see also Weng,
McClelland, Pentland, Sporns, Stockman, Sur, & Thelen, 2001).
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Publication of Papers & Poster Abstracts |
| Papers and poster abstracts will be published in the proceedings, and archived at CogPrints (http://cogprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk). | |
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References |
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Zlatev, J. & Balkenius, C. (2001). Introduction: Why "epigenetic robotics"? Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems (pp. 1-4). Lund University Cognitive Studies, Volume 85.Available at: http://www.lucs.lu.se/Epigenetic-robotics/Papers/Zlatev.Balkenius.2001.pdf Prince, C. G. (2002a). Introduction: The Second International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics. In C. G. Prince, Y. Demiris, Y. Marom, H. Kozima, & C. Balkenius (Eds.) Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems. Lund, Sweden: Lund University Cognitive Studies Volume 94. Available at: http://www.cprince.com/PubRes/EpigeneticRobotics2002/Prince-Intro.pdf Prince, C. G. (2002b). Opening speech. The Second International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems. Available at: http://www.cprince.com/PubRes/EpigeneticRobotics2002/intro/intro.pdf Weng, J., McClelland, J., Pentland, A., Sporns, O., Stockman, I., Sur, M., & Thelen, E. (2001). Autonomous mental development by robots and animals. Science, 291, 599-600. Available at: http://www.cse.msu.edu/dl/SciencePaper.pdf Berthouze, L. and Prince, C. G. (2003). Introduction: The Third International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics. In C. G. Prince, L. Berthouze, H. Kozima, D. Bullock, G. Stojanov, & C. Balkenius (Eds.) Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems. Lund, Sweden: Lund University Cognitive Studies Volume 101. Available at: http://www.d.umn.edu/~cprince/epigenetic-robotics/2003/intro.pdf Berthouze, L.
and Metta, G (2004). Introduction:The Fourth International Workshop
on Epigenetic Robotics. In C. G. Prince, L. Berthouze, H. Kozima,
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of the Fourth International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling
Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems. Lund, Sweden: Lund University
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