This review investigates two recent developments in artificial intelligence and neural
computation: learning from imitation and the development of humanoid robots. It is …

The study of social learning in robotics has been motivated by both scientific interest in the
learning process and practical desires to produce machines that are useful, flexible, and …

A comprehensive overview of an interdisciplinary approach to robotics that takes direct
inspiration from the developmental and learning phenomena observed in children's …

Imitation guides the behaviour of a range of species. Scientific advances in the study of
imitation at multiple levels from neurons to behaviour have far-reaching implications for …

Imitation promises to be a hot research topic in the coming decade. Interest in imitation
spread from a small band of aficionados to the broader community of cognitive scientists …

In this article, socially intelligent agents (SIAs) are understood to be agents that do not only
from an observer point of view behave socially but that are able to recognize and identify …

Gaze following is a key component of human social cognition. Gaze following directs
attention to areas of high information value and accelerates social, causal, and cultural …

This paper evaluates a model of human imitation of abstract, two-arm movements. The
model consists of a hierarchy of artificial neural networks, which are abstractions of brain …

Why is this an interesting problem? From an engineering perspective, designing an
architecture that equips robots with the ability to imitate will allow the possibility for learning …

15.1 Introduction Imitation is a powerful means of skill acquisition, social interaction, and
cultural transfer. Although popular notions of ''monkeying''and ''parroting''make the …