The construction of 'reality' in the robot: Constructivist perspectives on situated artificial intelligence and adaptive robotics

Foundations of Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 163-233

  Ziemke, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive robotics; Artificial intelligence; Embodied cognition; Radical constructivism; Situatedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 52549115222     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1011394317088     Document Type: Article

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