Evolving cognitive scaffolding and environment adaptation: a new research direction for evolutionary robotics Export

@article{citeulike:145964, abstract = {Many researchers in embodied cognitive science and artificial intelligence, and evolutionary robotics in particular, emphasize the interaction of brain, body and environment as crucial to the emergence of intelligent, adaptive behaviour. Accordingly, the interaction between agent and environment, as well as the co-adaptation of artificial brains and bodies, has been the focus of much research in evolutionary robotics. Hence, there are plenty of studies of robotic agents/species adapting to a given environment. Many animals, on the other hand, in particular humans, to some extent can choose to adapt the environment to their own needs instead of adapting (only) themselves. That alternative has been studied relatively little in robot experiments. This paper, therefore, presents some simple initial simulation experiments, in a delayed response task setting, that illustrate how the evolution of environment adaptation can serve to provide cognitive scaffolding that reduces the requirements for individual agents. Furthermore, theoretical implications, open questions and future research directions for evolutionary robotics are discussed.}, author = {Ziemke, Tom and Bergfeldt, Nicklas and Buason, Gunnar and Susi, Tarja and Svensson, Henrik}, citeulike-article-id = {145964}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540090412331314821}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/ccos/2004/00000016/00000004/art00008}, doi = {10.1080/09540090412331314821}, issn = {0954-0091}, journal = {Connection Science}, keywords = {cognitive\_psychology, evolutionary\_robotics, situatedness}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {339--350}, posted-at = {2005-05-25 04:34:15}, priority = {4}, publisher = {Taylor and Francis Ltd}, title = {Evolving cognitive scaffolding and environment adaptation: a new research direction for evolutionary robotics}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540090412331314821}, volume = {16}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:145964 L3 - citeulike-article-id:145964 N2 - Many researchers in embodied cognitive science and artificial intelligence, and evolutionary robotics in particular, emphasize the interaction of brain, body and environment as crucial to the emergence of intelligent, adaptive behaviour. Accordingly, the interaction between agent and environment, as well as the co-adaptation of artificial brains and bodies, has been the focus of much research in evolutionary robotics. Hence, there are plenty of studies of robotic agents/species adapting to a given environment. Many animals, on the other hand, in particular humans, to some extent can choose to adapt the environment to their own needs instead of adapting (only) themselves. That alternative has been studied relatively little in robot experiments. This paper, therefore, presents some simple initial simulation experiments, in a delayed response task setting, that illustrate how the evolution of environment adaptation can serve to provide cognitive scaffolding that reduces the requirements for individual agents. Furthermore, theoretical implications, open questions and future research directions for evolutionary robotics are discussed. IS - 4 JF - Connection Science SN - 0954-0091 EP - 350 TI - Evolving cognitive scaffolding and environment adaptation: a new research direction for evolutionary robotics PB - Taylor and Francis Ltd VL - 16 SP - 339 KW - cognitive_psychology KW - evolutionary_robotics KW - situatedness AU - Ziemke, Tom AU - Bergfeldt, Nicklas AU - Buason, Gunnar AU - Susi, Tarja AU - Svensson, Henrik PY - 2004/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540090412331314821 ER -