creators_name: Florian, Razvan V.
editors_name: Prince, Christopher G.
editors_name: Demiris, Yiannis
editors_name: Marom, Yuval
editors_name: Kozima, Hideki
editors_name: Balkenius, Christian
type: confpaper
datestamp: 2003-10-04
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:03
metadata_visibility: show
title: Why it is important to build robots capable of doing science
ispublished: pub
subjects: comp-sci-art-intel
subjects: comp-sci-robot
subjects: phil-sci
full_text_status: public
keywords: artificial science, interactivist-constructivist, sensorimotor interaction, mathematics
abstract: Science, like any other cognitive activity, is grounded in the sensorimotor interaction of our bodies with the environment. Human embodiment thus constrains the class of scientific concepts and theories which are accessible to us. The paper explores the possibility of doing science with artificial cognitive agents, in the framework of an interactivist-constructivist cognitive model of science. Intelligent robots, by virtue of having different sensorimotor capabilities, may overcome the fundamental limitations of human science and provide important technological innovations. Mathematics and nanophysics are prime candidates for being studied by artificial scientists.
date: 2002
date_type: published
volume: 94
publisher: Lund University Cognitive Studies
pagerange: 27-34
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Florian, Razvan V.  (2002) Why it is important to build robots capable of doing science.  [Conference Paper]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/2508/1/Florian.pdf