What is morphological computation? On how the body contributes to cognition and control

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21230%2F17%3A00308669" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21230/17:00308669 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1162/ARTL_a_00219" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1162/ARTL_a_00219</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/ARTL_a_00219" target="_blank" >10.1162/ARTL_a_00219</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

What is morphological computation? On how the body contributes to cognition and control

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The contribution of the body to cognition and control in natural and artificial agents is increasingly described as “offloading computation from the brain to the body,” where the body is said to perform “morphological computation.” Our investigation of four characteristic cases of morphological computation in animals and robots shows that the “offloading” perspective is misleading. Actually, the contribution of body morphology to cognition and control is rarely computational, in any useful sense of the word. We thus distinguish (1) morphology that facilitates control, (2) morphology that facilitates perception, and the rare cases of (3) morphological computation proper, such as reservoir computing, where the body is actually used for computation. This result contributes to the understanding of the relation between embodiment and computation: The question for robot design and cognitive science is not whether computation is offloaded to the body, but to what extent the body facilitates cognition and control—how it contributes to the overall orchestration of intelligent behavior.

Název v anglickém jazyce

What is morphological computation? On how the body contributes to cognition and control

Popis výsledku anglicky

The contribution of the body to cognition and control in natural and artificial agents is increasingly described as “offloading computation from the brain to the body,” where the body is said to perform “morphological computation.” Our investigation of four characteristic cases of morphological computation in animals and robots shows that the “offloading” perspective is misleading. Actually, the contribution of body morphology to cognition and control is rarely computational, in any useful sense of the word. We thus distinguish (1) morphology that facilitates control, (2) morphology that facilitates perception, and the rare cases of (3) morphological computation proper, such as reservoir computing, where the body is actually used for computation. This result contributes to the understanding of the relation between embodiment and computation: The question for robot design and cognitive science is not whether computation is offloaded to the body, but to what extent the body facilitates cognition and control—how it contributes to the overall orchestration of intelligent behavior.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Artificial Life

ISSN

1064-5462

e-ISSN

1530-9185

Svazek periodika

23

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

24

Strana od-do

1-24

Kód UT WoS článku

000395587600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85014107071