Objective The overall objectives of this project are to study the perceptual, representational, reasoning and learning capabilities of embodied robots in human centred environments. The project will develop methods and technologies for the construction of such cognitive robots able to evolve and grow their capacities in close interaction with humans in an open-ended fashion. Expected results are basic methods, algorithms and architectures and their integration and long-term experimentation and scientific evaluation on embodied robotic systems in different settings and situations.In the focus of this research endeavour is the development of a robot whose ultimate task is to serve humans as a companion in their daily life. The robot is not only considered as a ready-made device but as an artificial creature, which improves its capabilities in a continuous process of acquiring new knowledge and skills. Besides the necessary functions for sensing, moving and acting, such a robot will exhibit the cognitive capacities enabling it to focus its attention, to understand the spatial and dynamic structure of its environment and to interact with it, to exhibit a social behaviour and communicate with other agents and with humans at the appropriate level of abstraction according to context.The design of the cognitive functions of this artificial creature and the study and development of the continuous learning, training and education process in the course of which it will mature to a true companion, are the central research themes of the proposed project. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiologycognitive neuroscienceengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticscognitive robots Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2002-2.3.4.2 - FET pro-actives Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme IP - Integrated Project Coordinator CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE Address 3, rue michel-ange 75794 Paris cedex 16 France See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Ecublens 1015 Lausanne See on map EIDGENÖSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZÜRICH Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Raemistrasse 101 Zuerich See on map Links Website Opens in new window FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Hansastrasse 27c 80686 Muenchen See on map KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Valhallavaegen 79 100 44 Stockholm See on map THE UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address College lane AL10 9AB Hatfield, hertfordshire See on map UNIVERSITAET BIELEFELD Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Universitaetsstrasse 25 33501 Bielefeld See on map UNIVERSITAET KARLSRUHE (TH) Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Kaiserstrasse 12 76131 Karlsruhe See on map UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Spui 21 1012 WX Amsterdam See on map Links Website Opens in new window
