| Description |
1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Mind control -- internal or external? -- Classical music and the classical mind -- Situated cognition and bricolage -- Braitenberg's vehicle 2 -- Thoughtless walkers -- Machina speculatrix -- The subsumption architecture -- Embodiment, stigmergy, and swarm intelligence -- Totems, toys -- or tools? |
| Summary |
"From Bricks to Brains introduces embodied cognitive science, and illustrates its foundational ideas through the construction and observation of LEGO Mindstorms robots. Discussing the characteristics that distinguish embodied cognitive science from classical cognitive science, From Bricks to Brains places a renewed emphasis on sensing and acting, the importance of embodiment, the exploration of distributed notions of control, and the development of theories by synthesizing simple systems and exploring their behaviour. Numerous examples are used to illustrate a key theme: the importance of an agent's environment. Even simple agents, such as LEGO robots, are capable of exhibiting complex behaviour when they can sense and affect the world around them."--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-328) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Robots -- Programming.
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Robots -- Dynamics.
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Cognitive science.
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Robots -- Design and construction
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Artificial intelligence.
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LEGO toys.
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Artificial Intelligence
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artificial intelligence.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Robotics.
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Artificial intelligence
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Cognitive science
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LEGO toys
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Robots -- Design and construction
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Robots -- Dynamics
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Robots -- Programming
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dupuis, Brian, 1984-
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Wilson, Michael, 1987-
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| ISBN |
9781897425794 |
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1897425791 |
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