Examining the different stages of learning through play in humans during early life has been
a topic of interest for various scholars. Play evolves from practice to symbolic and then later …

Exercising sensorimotor and cognitive functions allows humans, including infants, to interact
with the environment and objects within it. In particular, during everyday activities, infants …

This thesis investigates the role of exploratory play in the development of the basic
knowledge of actions and objects involved in play with artificial agents. We developed a …