The paper presents a representation of colors integrated in a cognitive architecture inspired
by the Psi model. In the architecture designed for a humanoid robot, the observation and …

The detection and recognition of a human face should meet the need for social interaction
that drives a humanoid robot, and it should be consistent with its cognitive model and the …

To implement cognitive functions such as creativity, or the ability to create analogies and
metaphors, it is important to have mechanisms binding different representational spaces …

Development of humanoid robots has to address two vital aspects, namely physical
appearance and gestures, that will allow the machines to closely resemble humans. Other …

Human-like artificial emotional intelligence is vital for integration of future robots into the
human society. This work introduces a general framework for representation and processing …

Nowadays for robots, the notion of behavior is reduced to a simple factual concept at the
level of the movements. On another hand, consciousness is a very cultural concept …

This work explores a perspective on robotic behavior control based on mechanisms that are
traditionally implicated in generation of emotions and temperament in humans. It is …

Sensing and interpreting the interlocutor's social behaviours is a core challenge in the
development of social robots. Social robots require both an innovative sensory apparatus …

In this article we describe a theory aiming at the integration of cognitive processes, emotion
and motivation. The theory describes the informational structure of an intelligent, motivated …

This paper provides a new concept for the improvement of human–robot interaction (HRI)
models:'emotional affordances'. Emotional affordances are all the mechanisms that have …