Rational imitation for robots

Winfield, Alan F.T.; Vanderelst, Dieter; Winfield, Alan F

Abstract

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. Infants imitate behaviour flexibly. Depending on the circumstances, they copy both actions and their effects or only reproduce the demonstrator’s intended goals. In view of this selective imitation, infants have been called rational imitators. The ability to selectively and adaptively imitate behaviour would be a beneficial capacity for robots. Indeed, selecting what to imitate is one of the outstanding unsolved problems in the field of robotic imitation. In this paper, we first present a formalized model of rational imitation suited for robotic applications. Next, we test and demonstrate it using two humanoid robots.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Sep 19, 2016
• Journal: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
• Print ISSN: 0302-9743
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9825 LNCS
• Pages: 55-66
• Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Book Title: From Animals to Animats 14
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43488-9_6
• Keywords: robot imitation, rational imitation, social learning
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/924093
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43488-9_6
• Additional Information: Additional Information : The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43488-9_6
• Contract Date: Sep 19, 2016