?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Adaptivity+through+Physical+Immaturity&rft.creator=Lungarella%2C+Max&rft.creator=Berthouze%2C+Luc&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=Given+a+neural+control+structure%2C+what+would+be+the+impact+of+body+growth+on+control+performance%3F+This+question%2C+which+addresses+the+issue+of+the+interaction+between+innate+structure%2C+ongoing+developing+structure+and+experience%2C+is+very+relevant+to+the+field+of+epigenetic+robotics.+Much+of+the+early+social+interaction+is+done+as+the+body+develops+and+the+interplay+cannot+be+ignored.+We+hypothesize+that+starting+with+fewer+degrees+of+freedom+enables+a+more+efficient+exploration+of+the+sensorimotor+space%2C+that+results+in+multiple+directions+of+stability.+While+not+necessarily+corresponding+to+optimal+task+performance%2C+they+will+guide+the+coordination+of+additional+degrees+of+freedom.+These+additional+degrees+of+freedom+then+allow+for+optimal+task+performance+as+well+as+for+more+tolerance+and+adaptation+to+environmental+interaction.+We+propose+a+simple+case-study+to+validate+our+hypothesis+and+describe+experiments+with+a+small+humanoid+robot.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.contributor=Demiris%2C+Yiannis&rft.contributor=Marom%2C+Yuval&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2516%2F1%2FLungarella.pdf&rft.identifier=++Lungarella%2C+Max+and+Berthouze%2C+Luc++(2002)+Adaptivity+through+Physical+Immaturity.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2516%2F