Intrinsically Motivated Learning in Natural and Artificial Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Baldassarre, Gianluca (Editor), Mirolli, Marco (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Neurosciences.; Artificial intelligence.; Computational intelligence.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Cognitive psychology.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Cognitive Psychology.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Computational Intelligence.

It has become clear to researchers in robotics and adaptive behaviour that current approaches are yielding systems with limited autonomy and capacity for self-improvement. To learn autonomously and in a cumulative fashion is one of the hallmarks of intelligence, and we know that higher mammals engag...