In the tutorial below, I'll show you how to use the basics of box modelling in Blender by making a very simple (and hopefully rather cute) cat. You might be surprised by how simple it is. Remember ...

Why not the real world? The main obstacle to scaling this model up, and why we’re not putting this on any real robot yet, is that it’s hard to compute the channel capacity of an agent and a human far ...

Smart, strong and flexible, the octopus is an enticing model for an entirely new kind of many-armed, multitalented robot Octopuses are some of the most complex, bizarre and intelligent creatures ...

Describing small actions gives the humanoid “robots” in a simulation a common taxonomy to draw on. Using these, the robot executes chores, which the researchers have modeled as computer programs.

The computer scientist Christoph Salge is trying to circumvent the need for rules that guide robots’ behavior. His strategy: Give them a goal of making us more powerful.

Programming a robot to teach itself how to move Flexible, open-ended learning software works but finds the real world difficult.

A simulation-based approach relies on a pre programmed internal model instead. Winfield describes the simulation theory of mind system as using a “consequence engine.” In other words, a robot ...