Are Robots Embodied? (2001)
| Venue: | Lund University Cognitive Studies |
| Citations: | 14 - 1 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Ziemke01arerobots,
author = {Tom Ziemke},
title = {Are Robots Embodied?},
booktitle = {Lund University Cognitive Studies},
year = {2001},
pages = {75--83}
}
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Abstract
Embodiment has become an important concept in many areas of cognitive science. There are, however, very different notions of exactly what embodiment is and what kind of body is required for what kind of embodied cognition. Hence, while many would agree that humans are embodied cognizers, there is much less agreement on what kind of artefact could be considered as embodied. This paper identifies and contrasts five different notions of embodiment which can roughly be characterized as (1) structural coupling between agent and environment, (2) historical embodiment as the result of a history of structural coupling, (3) physical embodiment, (4) `organismoid' embodiment, i.e. organism-like bodily form (e.g., humanoid robots), and (5) organismic embodiment of autopoietic, living systems. 1.
