The iCub humanoid robot: An open platform for research in embodied cognition

Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS) Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 50-56

  Metta, Giorgio ^a   Sandini, Giulio ^a   Vernon, David ^b   Natale, Lorenzo ^c   Nori, Francesco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cognitive systems; humanoid robotics; open source; software modularity

Indexed keywords

EMBODIED COGNITION; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; HOMEPAGE; HUMANOID ROBOT; HUMANOID ROBOTICS; OPEN SOURCE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCES; SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; ROBOTICS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 77950550081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1774674.1774683     Document Type: Conference Paper

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