Cognitive Robotics

edited by Angelo Cangelosi and Minoru Asada

"A comprehensive overview of the field of cognitive robotics"--

Preface ixAcknowledgments xiI Definition and Approaches 1 What is Cognitive Robotics? 32 Neurorobotics: Neuroscience and Robots 193 Developmental Robotics 414 Evolutionary Robotics 595 Swarm Robotics 776 Soft Robotics: A Developmental Approach 99II Methods and Concepts7 Robot Platforms and Simulators 1238 Biomimetic Skin 1459 Machine Learning for Cognitive Robotics 16510 Cognitive Architectures 19111 Embodiment in Cognitive Science and Robotics 21312 Ethics of Robotics 231III Behavioral and Cognitive Capabilities13 Intrinsic Motivations for Open-Ended Learning 25114 Principles of Cognitive Vision 27115 Cognitive Robot Navigation 29516 Cognitive Robot Manipulation 31517 Cognitive Control for Decision and Human-Robot Collaboration 33718 Social Cognition 36119 Human-Robot Interaction 37920 Language and Communication 39521 Knowledge Representation and Reasoning 41322 Abstract Concepts 43323 Robots and Machine Consciousness 453Contributors 475Index 477