The anticipatory construction of reality as a central concern for psychology and robotics

Olivier Sigaud (1) , Martin Butz (2) , Giovanni Pezzulo (3) , Oliver Herbort (2)

1 ISIR - Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique
2 Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen = Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen
3 ICST-CNR - Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies

How is it that, given our diverse sensors that are moving at any moment, we get to the idea that there is a more or less permanent world around us that contains objects and living beings and that is endowed with spatial and temporal properties? This question is difficult, it is “the child’s construction of reality” issue. Given the complexity of the underlying phenomena, it requires a dialog between engineering sciences and life sciences to be solved. In this paper, we introduce the contributions to this dialog that have been collected in this special issue.

Mots clés: Anticipation; Construction of reality; Psychology; Robotics

Domaines: Apprentissage [cs.LG]; Intelligence artificielle [cs.AI]; Réseau de neurones [cs.NE]; Robotique [cs.RO]

Olivier Sigaud, Martin Butz, Giovanni Pezzulo, Oliver Herbort. The anticipatory construction of reality as a central concern for psychology and robotics. New Ideas in Psychology, 2013, 31, pp.217-220. ⟨10.1016/j.newideapsych.2012.12.004⟩. ⟨hal-03124280⟩