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Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems -
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This workshop focuses on combining
developmental psychology, neuroscience, biology, and robotics with the
goal of understanding the functioning of biological systems.
Epigenetic systems, either natural or artificial, share a prolonged
developmental process through which varied and complex cognitive and
perceptual structures emerge as a result of the interaction of an embodied
system with a physical and social environment. Epigenetic robotics
includes the two-fold goal of understanding biological systems by the
interdisciplinary integration between neural and engineering sciences and,
simultaneously, that of enabling robots and artificial systems to develop
skills for any particular environment instead of programming them for
specific environments.
To this aim, 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. We encourage the submission from different disciplines such as
robotics, artificial intelligence, developmental psychology, biology or
neurophysiology, as well as interdisciplinary work bridging the gap
between science and engineering.
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