Resources
Research
Research Challenges
Cognitive Architecture Surveys
Cognitive Architecture Design Principles
Knowledge-based Approaches
Robot Platforms
Research Networks
White Papers
Journals
Books
Workshops and Colloquia
Relevant Publications
Top Three Technical Innovations (2020-2022)
Teaching Resources
Videos
Tutorials
Model Curricula
Courses
Technical Committee Triennial Reports
Research
Research Challenges
Social Cognition for Human-Robot Symbiosis—Challenges and Building Blocks
The limits and potentials of deep learning for robotics
Building machines that learn and think like people
Controversies in Cognitive Systems Research
A First Draft Analysis of Some Meta-Requirements for Cognitive Systems in Robots
Cognitive Architecture Surveys
40 years of cognitive architectures: core cognitive abilities and practical application
Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures Society (BICA)
A world survey of artificial brain projects, Part II: Biologically inspired cognitive architectures
Cognitive Architecture Design Principles
Design principles for biologically inspired cognitive robotics
Desiderata for Developmental Cognitive Architectures
A Standard Model of the Mind, now referred to as a Common Model of Cognition
Knowledge-based Approaches
Ontology-based Approaches to Robot Autonomy
Socio-physical Models of Activities (SOMA)
- Shimoda, S., Jamone, L., Ognibene, D., Nagai, T., Sciutti, A., Costa-Garcia, A., ... & Taniguchi, T. (2022). What is the role of the next generation of cognitive robotics?. Advanced Robotics, 36(1-2), 3-16.
- Taniguchi, T., Yamakawa, H., Nagai, T., Doya, K., Sakagami, M., Suzuki, M., ... & Taniguchi, A. (2022). A whole brain probabilistic generative model: Toward realizing cognitive architectures for developmental robots. Neural Networks, 150, 293-312.
- Cangelosi, A. and Asada, M. (2021), Eds. , Cognitive Robotics, MIT Press
- Sandini, G., Sciutti, A., and Vernon, D. (2021) "Cognitive Robotics" in Encyclopedia of Robotics, Ang, M., Khatib, O., Siciliano, B. (Eds.), Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
- Vernon, D. (2021). "Cognitive Architectures", in Cognitive Robotics, Cangelosi, A. and Asada, M. (Eds.), MIT Press.
- Ueda, S., Nakashima, R., & Kumada, T. (2021). Influence of levels of automation on the sense of agency during continuous action. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-13.
- Di Cesare, G., Vannucci, F., Rea, F., Sciutti, A., & Sandini, G. (2020). How attitudes generated by humanoid robots shape human brain activity. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-12.
- Taniguchi, A., Hagiwara, Y., Taniguchi, T., & Inamura, T. (2020). Improved and scalable online learning of spatial concepts and language models with mapping. Autonomous Robots, 44(6), 927-946.
- Tangiuchi, T., D. Mochihashi, T. Nagai, S. Uchida, N. Inoue, I. Kobayashi, T. Nakamura, Y. Hagiwara, N. Iwahashi, and T. Inamura. (2019). “Survey on Frontiers of Language and Robotics.” Advanced Robotics, 33 (15-16), 700-730.
- Fischer, T., & Demiris, Y. (2019, issued in 2020). Computational modeling of embodied visual perspective taking. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 12(4), 723-732.
Top three technical innovations (2020-2022)
The top three outstanding innovations in Cognitive Robotics in 2020-2022 are:
1. Focus on an architectural approach to human – robot interaction to support autonomy and long-term interactions.
2. Advances in the integration of machine learning and model-based approaches in cognitive robots
3. Progress in language understanding and acquisition in real-world environments.
Robot Platforms
openEASE: Open Knowledge for AI-Enabled Robots
iCub: an open source cognitive humanoid robotic platform
Research Networks
TC-CORO: IEEE Technical Committee on Cognitive Robotics
EUCog: European Society for Cognitive Systems
BICA: Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures Society
White Papers
Dynamic Field Theory (DFT): Applications in Cognitive Science and Robotics
Observing Human Behaviour in Image Sequences: The Video-Hermeneutic Challenge
Cognitive Ontologies: Mapping Structure and Function of the Brain from a Systemic View
Coordinating with the Future: the Anticipatory Nature of Representation
Communication and Distributed Control in Multi-Agent Systems: Preliminary Model of Micro-unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MAV) Swarms
Enactive Artificial Intelligence
CoEvolutionary Approaches in Cognitive Robotic Systems Design
Action Selection for Intelligent Systems
Journals
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems
Cognitive Systems Research
Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures
Cognitive Computation and Systems
Cognitive Robotics, Cangelosi, A. and Asada, M. (2021), Eds. MIT Press
Encyclopedia of Robotics, Ang, M., Khatib, O., Siciliano, B. (Eds.), Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
Cognitive Architectures by M. Ferreira, J. Sequeira, and R. Ventura (Eds.)
Modelling Human Motion. From Human Perception to Robot Design by Nicoletta Noceti, Alessandra Sciutti and Francesco Rea (Eds.) Springer International Publishing
Workshops and Colloquia
TransAIR Virtual Workshop on Cognitive Architectures for Robot Agents: Current Capabilities, Future Enhancements, and Prospects for Collaborative Development held on 22nd - 28th March, 2021. Videos of all talks are here.
International Foundation for Robotics Research Colloquium on Cognitive Robotics, 8 October 2020; the video proceedings are here
AIC - Artificial Intelligence and Cognition International Workshop Series
Software Resources
openEASE: Open Knowledge for AI-Enabled Robots
CRAM: Cognitive Robot Abstract Machine
KnowRob: Knowledge Processing for Robots
The CLARION Cognitive Architecture Project
BECCA: Brain-Emulating Cognition and Control Architecture
AKIRA: C++ development framework to build cognitive architectures and complex artificial intelligent agents
AmonI: Artificial Models of Natural Intelligence
CAST: The CoSy Architecture Schema Toolkit
YARP: Yet Another Robot Platform
ROS: Robot Operating Systems
Teaching Resources
Videos
Elizabeth Spelke's talk on ''Core Knowledge of Number and Geometry'' at the inaugural meeting of euCognition in 2006
Trailer for The Age of Robots from Massimo Brega
Keynote Talks at the IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Development (ICDL) 2022 - London, UK
Tutorials
Tutorial on Embodiment
Control engineering of autonomous cognitive vehicles - a practical tutorial
The dynamic neural field approach to cognitive robotics
Neuronal Dynamics Approaches to Cognitive Robotic
Model Curricula
euCognition Cognitive Systems Model Curriculum
University of Skövde MSc in Cognitive Systems Model Curriculu
Courses
Introduction to Cognitive Robotics (Alpha version; Beta version ~1/10/2020; Final version ~1/1/2021)
Artificial Cognitive Systems; teaching material for Artificial Cognitive Systems - A Primer MIT Press, 2014; click here for additional support material
Cognitive Computer Vision
Degrees in Cognitive Systems
The following is a sample of the Master-level degrees that are available in cognitive systems.
University of Skövde, Human-Robot Interaction
University of Birmingham Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Interdisciplinary Master in Cognitive Systems and Interactive Media (60 ECTS)
Technical University of Munich Robotics, Cognition, and Intelligence
University of Warwick M.Sc. in Cognitive Systems
University of Zurich Master of Science in Informatics: Field of study Multimodal and Cognitive Systems
Jacobs University, Germany Cognitive Systems and Processes
Robots
IEEE Guide to the World of Robots
Technical Committee Triennial Reports and Presentations
IEEE RAS TC for Cognitive Robotics Triennial Report 2016
IEEE RAS TC for Cognitive Robotics Triennial Report 2019
IEEE RAS TC for Cognitive Robotics Triennial Report 2022
Here you can also find a short presentation for IROS 2022.