Anthropomorphism is a phenomenon that describes the human tendency to see human-like
shapes in the environment. It has considerable consequences for people's choices and …

Efforts to create computational models of consciousness have accelerated over the last two
decades, creating a field that has become known as artificial consciousness. There have …

The integration of robotic systems and artificial intelligence into healthcare settings is
accelerating. As these technological developments interact socially with children, the …

Abstract Service robots sharing the same environments with humans are typically designed
to have various humanlike features, because perceptions of robots as humanlike make them …

The mirror test is a well-known task in Robotics. The existing strategies are based on
kinesthetic-visual matching techniques and manipulate perceptual and motion data. The …

The evolution of life in our biosphere has been marked by several major innovations. Such
major complexity shifts include the origin of cells, genetic codes or multicellularity to the …

Using the probabilistic methods outlined in this paper, a robot can learn to recognize its own
motor-controlled body parts, or their mirror reflections, without prior knowledge of their …

Anthropomorphism is a common phenomenon known already in ancient times. It is not a
thing of the past, but still has a profound impact on major aspects of our lives and on …

We are increasingly seeing computer systems which are expected to function without
operator intervention. This is perhaps acceptable for running computer networks or traffic …

The ability to use a mirror as an instrument for spatial reasoning enables an agent to make
meaningful inferences about the positions of objects in space based on the appearance of …