Robotics researchers increasingly agree that ideas from biology and self-organization can
strongly benefit the design of autonomous robots. Biological organisms have evolved to …

Developmental robotics is an emerging field located at the intersection of robotics, cognitive
science and developmental sciences. This paper elucidates the main reasons and key …

The current study investigated the properties of stimuli that lead to the activation of the
human mirror neuron system, with an emphasis on those that are critically relevant for the …

Embodied intelligent systems are naturally subject to physical constraints, such as forces
and torques (due to gravity and friction), energy requirements for propulsion, and eventual …

In a recent study on the pendulation of a small-sized humanoid robot (Lungarella &
Berthouze, 2002a, b), we provided experimental evidence that starting with fewer degrees of …

Motor variability is a fundamental feature of develo** systems allowing motor exploration
and learning. In human infants, leg movements involve a small number of basic coordination …

In this work we research the role of body dynamics in the complexity of kinematic patterns in
a quadruped robot with compliant legs. Two gait patterns, lateral sequence walk and trot …

In living beings, the natural development of the body has been shown to facilitate learning.
The application of these natural developmental principles in robotics have been considered …

Humans and animals undergo morphological development (MD) processes from infancy to
adulthood that have been shown to facilitate learning. However, most of the work on …

We propose ongoing emergence as a core concept in epigenetic robotics. Ongoing
emergence refers to the continuous development and integration of new skills and is …