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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kaplan-epirob.dvi Motivational principles for visual know-how development Frederic Kaplan and Pierre-Yves Oudeyer Sony Computer Science Laboratory, 6 rue Amyot, Paris, France kaplan@csl.sony.fr, py@csl.sony.fr Abstract What dynamics can enable a robot to continuously develop new visual know-how? We present a rst experimental investigation where an AIBO robot develops visual com- petences from scra

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lantian_epirob2003_shrink1.doc A biologically inspired computational model of the Block Copying Task Tian Lan†, Michael Arnold‡, Terrence Sejnowski‡ and Marwan Jabri† †ECE Department, OGI School of Science and Engineering, OHSU 20000 NW Walker Rd. Beaverton, OR 97006, USA {lantian, marwan}@ece.ogi.edu ‡Computational Neurobiology Laboratory The Salk Institute for Biological Studies 10010 North Torr

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epirob.dvi Beyond Gazing, Pointing, and Reaching A Survey of Developmental Robotics Max Lungarella Neuroscience Research Institute Tsukuba AIST Central 2 Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan max.lungarella@aist.go.jp Giorgio Metta LIRA-Lab, DIST Univ. of Genova 16145 Genova, Italy pasa@dist.unige.it Abstract Developmental robotics is an emerging field lo- cated at the intersection of developmental psy- chology

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A Unified Model For Developmental Robotics Williams Paquier, Nicolas Do Huu, Raja Chatila LAAS/CNRS, 7 avenue du Colonel Roche, F-31077 Toulouse Cedex 04, France wpaquier@laas.fr, ndohuu@laas.fr, raja@laas.fr Abstract We present the architecture and distributed algorithms of an implemented system called NeuSter, that unifies learning, perception and ac- tion for autonomous robot control. NeuSter c

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Microsoft Word - Schlesinger Epirobots 2003_a4 FINAL.doc Visual Expectations in Infants: Evaluating the Gaze-Direction Model Matthew Schlesinger Patrick Casey Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901 USA matthews@siu.edu pcasey@siu.edu Abstract Schlesinger (in press) recently proposed a model of eye movements as a tool for investigating infants' visual expectatio

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A Sparse Coding Network Extracts Visual Features For Sensorimotor Control Sparse visual models for biologically inspired sensorimotor control Li Yang and Marwan Jabri OGI School of Science & Engineering Oregon Health and Science University 20000 N.W. Walker Road, Beaverton, OR 97006 {lilyzhou, marwan}@ece.ogi.edu Abstract Given the importance of using resources efficiently in the competition for s

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Grounding Symbols in Perception with two Interacting Autonomous Robots Jean-Christophe Baillie ENSTA / Electronics and Computer Engineering Lab. Paris 75015 France baillie@ensta.fr Abstract Grounding symbolic representations in percep- tion is a key and difficult issue for artificial intelligence. The ”Talking Heads” experiment (Steels and Kaplan, 2002) explores an interesting coupling between gro

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First Steps Toward a Computational Theory of Autism Christian Balkenius christian.balkenius@lucs.lu.se Petra Björne petra.bjorne@lucs.lu.se Lund University Cognitive Science Kungshuset, Lundag̊ard S-222 22 Lund, Sweden Abstract A computational model with three inter- acting components for context sensitive re- inforcement learning, context processing and automation can autonomously learn a focus

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Introduction: The Fourth 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 Giorgio Metta LIRA-Lab, DIST, University of Genova Viale Causa, 13 16145 Genova, Italy pasa@liralab.it 1. Introduction As in the previous editions, this workshop is trying to be a forum for multi-d

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Developmental Learning: A Case Study in Understanding “Object Permanence” Yi Chen and Juyang Weng Department of Computer Science and Engineering Michigan State University East Lansing, MI, 48824 {chenyi1,weng}@cse.msu.edu Abstract The concepts of muddy environment and muddy tasks set the ground for us to understand the essence of intelligence, both artificial and nat- ural, which further motivates

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Simulating development in a real robot: on the concurrent increase of sensory, motor, and neural complexity Gabriel Gómez∗ Max Lungarella∗∗ Peter Eggenberger Hotz∗ Kojiro Matsushita∗ Rolf Pfeifer∗ ∗Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, Switzerland gomez@ifi.unizh.ch ∗∗Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Informatics University of Tokyo, Japan maxl@i

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Ecological Theory of Language Acquisition Francisco Lacerda*, Eeva Klintfors, Lisa Gustavsson, Lisa Lagerkvist, Ellen Marklund and Ulla Sundberg Department of Linguistics Stockholm University SE-106 91 Stockholm Sweden * frasse@ling.su.se Abstract This poster outlines an Ecological Theory of Language Acquisition (ETLA). The theory views the early phases of the language acquisition process as an em

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On the linguistic implications of context-bound adult-infant interactions Francisco Lacerda*, Ellen Marklund, Lisa Lagerkvist, Lisa Gustavsson, Eeva Klintfors and Ulla Sundberg Department of Linguistics Stockholm University SE-106 91 Stockholm Sweden * frasse@ling.su.se Abstract This poster presents a study of the linguistic in- formation potentially available in adult speech di- rected to 3-month

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Protosymbols that integrate recognition and response Karl F. MacDorman ∗† Rawichote Chalodhorn† Hiroshi Ishiguro † Minoru Asada∗† ∗Frontier Research Center †Department of Adaptive Machine Systems Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan kfm@ed.ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp Abstract We explore two controversial hypotheses through robotic implementation:(1) Processes invol

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Early imitation and the emergence of a sense of agency Jacqueline Nadel CNRS UMR7593, Hôpital La Salpêtrière Paris, France e-mail: jnadel@ext.jussieu.fr In this paper, I would like to emphasize the de- velopmental role of imitation as a foundation for the emergence of a sense of agency (i.e. a sense of being the owner of one’s own action). There is a large body of psychological and neuroimaging

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