Developmental robotics
Developmental Robotics (DevRob), sometimes called epigenetic robotics, is a methodology that uses metaphors from developmental psychology to develop controllers for autonomous robots. The focus is on a single robot going through stages of autonomous mental development. Researchers in this field study artificial emotions, self-motivation, and other methods of self-organization.
DevRob is related to, but differs from, evolutionary robotics (ER). ER uses populations of robots that evolve over time, whereas DevRob is interested in the organization of a single robot's control system develops through experience, over time.
DevRob is also related to work done in the domains of Robotics, Artificial Life.
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History
DevRob was first proposed with Weng et. al.s Autonomous mental development by robots and animals. Science 291:599 600.
Links and further Information
Academic institutions and researchers in the field
Main Conferences
- International Conference on Development and Learning ICDL: http://icdl.cc/
- Epigentic Robotics: http://www.epigenetic-robotics.org/
- Developmental Robotics: http://cs.brynmawr.edu/DevRob05/
Categories: Robotics