Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Neuromorphic robots: biologically and neurally inspired designs
- Part III Brain-based robots: architectures and approaches
- Part IV Philosophical and theoretical considerations
- 10 From hardware and software to kernels and envelopes: a concept shift for robotics, developmental psychology, and brain sciences
- 11 Can cognitive developmental robotics cause a paradigm shift?
- 12 A look at the hidden side of situated cognition: a robotic study of brain-oscillation-based dynamics of instantaneous, episodic, and conscious memories
- 13 The case for using brain-based devices to study consciousness
- Part V Ethical considerations
- Index
- References
10 - From hardware and software to kernels and envelopes: a concept shift for robotics, developmental psychology, and brain sciences
from Part IV - Philosophical and theoretical considerations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Neuromorphic robots: biologically and neurally inspired designs
- Part III Brain-based robots: architectures and approaches
- Part IV Philosophical and theoretical considerations
- 10 From hardware and software to kernels and envelopes: a concept shift for robotics, developmental psychology, and brain sciences
- 11 Can cognitive developmental robotics cause a paradigm shift?
- 12 A look at the hidden side of situated cognition: a robotic study of brain-oscillation-based dynamics of instantaneous, episodic, and conscious memories
- 13 The case for using brain-based devices to study consciousness
- Part V Ethical considerations
- Index
- References
Summary
From hardware and software to kernels and envelopes
At the beginning of robotics research, robots were seen as physical platforms on which different behavioral programs could be run, similar to the hardware and software parts of a computer. However, recent advances in developmental robotics have allowed us to consider a reversed paradigm in which a single software, called a kernel, is capable of exploring and controlling many different sensorimotor spaces, called envelopes. In this chapter, we review studies we have previously published about kernels and envelopes to retrace the history of this concept shift and discuss its consequences for robotic designs and also for developmental psychology and brain sciences.
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- Neuromorphic and Brain-Based Robots , pp. 217 - 250Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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