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About us
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).
References
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.cprince.com/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, G. Sandini, G. Stojanov, G. Metta, & C. Balkenius (Eds.) Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems. Lund, Sweden: Lund University Cognitive Studies Volume 117.
Available at: http://www.lucs.lu.se/ftp/pub/LUCS_Studies/LUCS117/berthouze.pdf