An open-source simulator for cognitive robotics research: The prototype of the iCub humanoid robot simulator

Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS) Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 57-61

  Tikhanoff, V ^a   Cangelosi, A ^a   Fitzpatrick, P ^b   Metta, G ^c   Natale, L ^c   Nori, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cognitive robotics; iCub humanoid robot; open source; simulator

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE ROBOTICS; COGNITIVE ROBOTS; EUROPEAN PROJECT; HUMANOID ROBOT; OPEN-SOURCE;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 77954478972     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1774674.1774684     Document Type: Conference Paper

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