embodied cognition
Theory that intelligence arises from the interaction of brain, body, and environment, influencing AI research into physically situated robots.
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MIT Cog Project: Humanoid Robotics for Cognitive Research
Around 1993, Rodney Brooks and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Laboratory initiated the Cog project, constructing an upper-torso humanoid robot intended to investigate whether human-like cognitive capacities could emerge from embodied interaction with a physical environment.