Building the iCub Mindware: Open-source Software for Robot Intelligence and Autonomy

Daniele Pucci, Vadim Tikhanoff, Ugo Pattacini, Maxime Petit, Lorenzo Jamone

Frontiers Media SA

Intelligence and autonomy are among the most extraordinary capacities blossomed by human...

Engineering Robotics and AI Humanoid Robotics

Keywords: iCub,­open-source,­Intelligence,­autonomy,­Code

Intrinsically Motivated Open-Ended Learning in Autonomous Robots

Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Andrew Barto, Gianluca Baldassarre

Frontiers Media SA

Engineering Robotics and AI Computational Intelligence in Robotics

Keywords: intrinsic motivation,­Open-ended learning,­Robotics,­developmental robotics,­Curiosity driven learning

Affective and Social Signals for HRI

Hatice Gunes, Ginevra Castellano, Bilge Mutlu

Frontiers Media SA

Designing robots with socio-emotional skills is a challenging research topic still in its infancy....

Science Psychology Human-Media Interaction

Keywords: social robotics,­Social signals,­recognition,­Affective Robotics,­embodiment,­Expressive robotics,­human-robot interaction,­Collaborative robots,­social HRI

Human-in-the-Loop Robot Control and Learning

Luka Peternel, Jan Babič, Erhan Oztop, Tetsunari Inamura, Dingguo Zhang

Frontiers Media SA

In the past years there has been considerable effort to move robots from industrial environments...

Engineering Robotics and AI Computational Intelligence in Robotics

Keywords: shared control,­Human-in-the-loop Robot Learning,­co-adaptation,­Human-robot cooperation,­human-robot interaction

Assessing bipedal locomotion: towards replicable benchmarks for robotic and robot-assisted locomotion.

Diego Torricelli, Jan Veneman, Jose Gonzalez-Vargas, Katja Mombaur, C. David Remy

Frontiers Media SA

Science Human Neuroscience

Keywords: Benchmarking,­Wearable robots,­Humanoids,­Walking,­balance,­Prosthetics and exoskeletons

Advances in Mechatronics and Biomechanics towards Efficient Robot Actuation

Jörn Malzahn, Navvab Kashiri, Monica Daley, Nikos Tsagarakis

Frontiers Media SA

Engineering Robotics and AI Robotic Control Systems

Keywords: Energy efficient actuation,­Actuator modelling,­actuator design,­Actuator control,­force control,­interaction control,­Energetics of human locomotion,­energetics of animal locomotion,­Biodynamics,­bioinspired control,­Bioinspired Design

Consciousness in Humanoid Robots

Antonio Chella, Angelo Cangelosi, Giorgio Metta, Selmer Bringsjord

Frontiers Media SA

Building a conscious robot is a scientific and technological challenge. Debates about the...

Science Neuroscience Neurorobotics

Keywords: Robot consciousness,­Robot awareness,­Machine consciousness,­Artificial Consciousness,­Autonomic Robotics

Software Architectures for Humanoid Robotics

Lorenzo Natale, Tamim Asfour, Fumio Kanehiro, Nikolaus Vahrenkamp

Frontiers Media SA

Engineering Robotics and AI Humanoid Robotics

Keywords: software architectures,­Humanoid Robotics,­Robotics,­AI

Re-Enacting Sensorimotor Experience for Cognition

Guido Schillaci, Verena V. Hafner, Bruno Lara

Frontiers Media SA

Mastering the sensorimotor capabilities of our body is a skill that we acquire and refine over...

Engineering Robotics and AI Humanoid Robotics

Keywords: Sensorimotor re-enactment,­sensorimotor representations,­internal simulations,­internal models,­Cogitive robotics,­Mental imaginery