The iCub platform: A tool for studying intrinsically motivated learning

Intrinsically Motivated Learning in Natural and Artificial Systems

Volumn 9783642323751, Issue , 2013, Pages 433-458

  Natale, Lorenzo ^a   Nori, Francesco ^a   Metta, Giorgio ^a   Fumagalli, Matteo ^a   Ivaldi, Serena ^a   Pattacini, Ugo ^a   Randazzo, Marco ^a   Schmitz, Alexander ^a   Sandini, Giulio ^a  

^a Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; ROBOTS;

EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM; EXTRACT INFORMATIONS; LEARN+; MECHANICAL DESIGN; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOFTWARE MODULES;

ROBOTS; EDUCATION;

EID: 84894248896     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32375-1_17     Document Type: Chapter

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