7th International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics

Invited talk
(Session chair: C. Prince)

Carolyn Rovee-Collier and Peter Gerhardstein, Operant Conditioning with 3-month-olds: A Paradigm for Learning and a Tool for Study

Early and contingency-based development
(Session chair: M. Littman)

A. Stoytchev, Toward Video-Guided Robot Behaviors.

S. Takamuku, K. Hosoda and M. Asada, Shaking Eases Object Category Acquisition: Experiments with a Robot Arm.

M. Schlesinger, D. Amso and S.P. Johnson, Simulating Infants' Gaze Patterns During the Development of Perceptual Completion.

Poster spotlight (Each poster author talks for 7 minutes on their poster)
(Session chair: C. Balkenius)

Poster group I

1) A. Abelin, Emotional McGurk Effect: An Experiment.

2) J. de Leeuw and K. Livingston, When Less is More: Sensor Resolution and Learning.

3) S. Fuke, M. Ogino and M. Asada, Visuo-Tactile Face Representation Through Self-induced Motor Activity.

4) P. Gaussier, S. Boucenna and J. Nadel, Emotional Interactions as a Way to Structure Learning.

5) E.V. Gribovskaya and A.G. Billard, A Model of Acquisition of Discrete Bimanual Coordination Skill for a Humanoid Robot. [Cancelled]

6) C.T. Huang and H.H. Chen, Infants Attribute Goals to Acts Produced by Human and Object Agents.

Poster group II

7) B.R. Leffler and M.L. Littman, Transferrable Models for Autonomous Learning.

8) D.J. Matatyaho, Z. Mason and L.J. Gogate, Word Learning by Eight-Month-Old Infants: The Role of Object Motion and Synchrony.

9) I. Mikhailova, L. Zhang and C. Goerick, A Posteriori Response Distinction Versus Apriori Response Prediction.

10) Y. Nagai and K.J. Rohlfing, Parental Signal Indicating Significant State Change in Action Demonstration.

11) C. Willmot, S. Wermter and C. Panchev, Developing Concepts from Robot Behaviour by Growing Self Organizing Networks.

Learning
(Session chair: M. Schlesinger)

A. Bondu and V. Lemaire, Active Learning using Adaptive Curiosity.

J. Mugan and B. Kuipers, Learning Distinctions and Rules in a Continuous World Through Active Exploration.

Y. Kobayashi and S. Hosoe, Planning-Space Shift Learning Toward Flexible Hierarchy Generation.

Invited talk
(Session chair: C. Balkenius)

Hod Lipson, What do Robots Dream of? Emergent Self-Models in Machine Minds

Motion control
(Session chair: C. Balkenius)

C. Maya, M. Dogar, E. Ugur and E. Sahin, Affordances as a Framework for Robot Control.

B. Gabalda, L. Rigoux and O. Sigaud, Learning a Repertoire of Postures Through Sensorimotor Training.

H. Mori and Y. Kuniyoshi, A Cognitive Developmental Scenario of Transitional Motor Primitives Acquisition.

Social interaction
(Session chair: M. Schlesinger)

M. Nottale and J.C. Baillie, Talking Robots: Grounding a Shared Lexicon in an Unconstrained Environment.

J.C. Quinton and T. Inamura, Human-Robot Interaction Based Learning for Task-Independent Dynamics Prediction.

Theory

M.J. Schlemmer, M. Vincze and B. Favre-Bulle, Modelling the Thing-in-Itself: A Philosophically Motivated Approach to Cognitive Robotics.

Reinforcement learning
(Session chair: M. Littman)

J. Provost, B.J. Kuipers and R. Miikkulainen, Self-Organizing Distinctive State Abstraction Using Options.

S. Winberg and C. Balkenius, Generalization and Specialization in Reinforcement Learning.

Schembri, M. Mirolli and G. Baldassarre, Evolving Childhood's Length and Learning Parameters in an Intrinsically Motivated Reinforcement Learning Robot.

Invited talk
(Session chair: C. Prince)

Daniel Messinger, Emerging Motivation: Modeling Early Interactive Emotional Development

Social interaction
(Session chair: P. Gaussier)

A. Hiolle and L. Canamero, Developing Sensorimotor Associations Through Attachment Bonds.

Z. Kira and K. Long, Modeling Robot Differences by Leveraging A Physically Shared Context.

D. Marocco and A. Acerbi, Adaptation and Social Facilitation in a Population of Autonomous Robots. [Cancelled]

Learning
(Session chair: M. Littman)

D. Kulic, W. Takano and Y. Nakamura, Incremental Learning of Full Body Motions via Adaptive Factorial Hidden Markov Models.

F.S. Perotto, J.C. Buisson and L.O. Alvares, Constructivist Anticipatory Learning Mechanism (CALM): Dealing with Partially Deterministic and Partially Observable Environments.

Z. Ji, M.D. Luciw and J. Weng, A Biologically-Motivated Developmental System for Perceptual Awareness in Vehicle-Based Robots.

Neural models
(Session chair: P. Gaussier)

F. Hesse, R. Der and J.M. Herrmann, Reflexes from Self-Organizing Control in Autonomous Robots.

F. Mannella, M. Mirolli and G. Baldassarre, The Role of Amygdala in Devaluation: A Model Tested with a Simulated Robot.