The co-adaptation of robots has been a long-standing research endeavour with the goal adapting both body and behaviour robot for given task, inspired by natural evolution animals. Co-adaptation potential to eliminate costly manual hardware engineering as well improve performance systems. standard approach is use reward function optimizing morphology. However, defining constructing such function...

The control of neurological networks supporting social cognition is crucially important for social interaction. In particular, the control of imitation is directly linked to interaction quality, with impairments associated with disorders characterized by social difficulties. Previous work suggests inferior frontal cortex (IFC) and the temporoparietal junction (TPJ) are involved in controlling i...

6 Imitation—the ability to recognize and reproduce others’ actions— 7 is a powerful means of learning and developing new skills. Species 8 endowed with this capability are provided with fundamental abil9 ities for social learning. In its most complex form, imitation pro10 vides fundamental capabilities for social cognition, such as the rec11 ognition of conspecifics, the attribution of others’ ...

Several algorithms and models have recently been proposed for imitation learning in humans and robots. However, few proposals offer a framework for imitation learning in noisy stochastic environments where the imitator must learn and act under real-time performance constraints. We present a novel probabilistic framework for imitation learning in stochastic environments with unreliable sensors. ...

This study used a concurrent correlational design to examine associations between three types of motor imitation with objects and three proposed correlates in 32 two- and three-year-old children diagnosed with ASD. Attention-following and fine motor ability were significant, unique correlates of imitation in an observational learning context. Attention-following was a significant correlate of i...

Appropriate modulation of imitation according to social context is important for successful social interaction. In the present study we subliminally primed high-functioning adults with ASC and age- and IQ-matched controls with either a pro- or non- social attitude. Following priming, an automatic imitation paradigm was used to acquire an index of imitation. Whereas imitation levels were higher ...

We illustrate one way in which a population of boundedly rational individuals can learn to play an approximate Nash equilibrium. Players are assumed to make strategy choices using a combination of imitation and innovation. We begin by looking at an imitation dynamic and provide conditions under which play evolves to an imitation equilibrium; convergence is conditional on the network of social i...