?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Evolution+of+Prehension+Ability+in+an+Anthropomorphic+Neurorobotic+Arm&rft.creator=Cangelosi%2C+Prof+Angelo&rft.creator=Massera%2C+Gianluca&rft.creator=Nolfi%2C+Stefano&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=In+this+paper+we+show+how+a+simulated+anthropomorphic+robotic+arm+controlled+by+an+artificial+neural+network+can+develop+effective+reaching+and+grasping+behaviour+through+a+trial+and+error+process+in+which+the+free+parameters+encode+the+control+rules+which+regulate+the+fine-grained+interaction+between+the+robot+and+the+environment+and+variations+of+the+free+parameters+are+retained+or+discarded+on+the+basis+of+their+effects+at+the+level+of+the+global+behaviour+exhibited+by+the+robot+situated+in+the+environment.+The+obtained+results+demonstrate+how+the+proposed+methodology+allows+the+robot+to+produce+effective+behaviours+thanks+to+its+ability+to+exploit+the+morphological+properties+of+the+robot%E2%80%99s+body+(i.e.+its+anthropomorphic+shape%2C+the+elastic+properties+of+its+muscle-like+actuators%2C+and+the+compliance+of+its+actuated+joints)+and+the+properties+which+arise+from+the+physical+interaction+between+the+robot+and+the+environment+mediated+by+appropriate+control+rules.&rft.date=2007-11&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6237%2F1%2Fmassera_cangelosi_nolfi_Frontiers.pdf&rft.identifier=++Cangelosi%2C+Prof+Angelo+and+Massera%2C+Gianluca+and+Nolfi%2C+Stefano++(2007)+Evolution+of+Prehension+Ability+in+an+Anthropomorphic+Neurorobotic+Arm.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6237%2F