Lungarella, Max and Berthouze, Luc (2004) Robot bouncing: On the synergy between neural and body-environment dynamics. International Seminar on Embodied Artificial Intelligence, Dagstuhl Castle, GAMBIA. Published in: Iida, F, Pfeifer, R, Steels, L and Kuniyoshi, Y, (eds.) Embodied Artificial Intelligence. 3139 86-97. Springer-Verlag ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 3-54022484X
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The study of how infants strapped in a Jolly Jumper learn to bounce can help clarify how they explore different ways of exploiting the dynamics of their movements. In this paper, we describe and discuss a set of preliminary experiments performed with a bouncing humanoid robot and aimed at instantiating a few computational principles thought to underlie the development of motor skills. Our experiments show that a suitable choice of the coupling constants between hip, knee, and ankle joints, as well as of the strength of the sensory feedback, induces a reduction of movement variability, and leads to an increase in bouncing amplitude and movement stability. This result is attributed to the synergy between neural and body-environment dynamics.
Item Type: | Conference Proceedings |
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Schools and Departments: | School of Engineering and Informatics > Informatics |
Depositing User: | Luc Berthouze |
Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2012 20:30 |
Last Modified: | 18 Sep 2017 08:58 |
URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/26258 |