Enaction as a Conceptual Framework for Developmental Cognitive Robotics

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Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-98

  Vernon, David ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Cognition; Embodiment; Emergence; Enaction; Enactive systems; Experience; Sense making

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; MACHINE DESIGN;

AUTONOMY; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE ROBOTICS; EMBODIMENT; EMERGENCE; ENACTION; ENACTIVE SYSTEM; EXPERIENCE; SENSE MAKING;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 80155186551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20814836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13230-010-0016-y     Document Type: Article

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