This paper addresses the problem of body mapping in robotic imitation where the
demonstrator and imitator may not share the same embodiment [degrees of freedom (DOFs) …

We present a developmental perspective of robot learning that uses affordances as the link
between sensory-motor coordination and imitation. The key concept is a general model for …

To support studies in robot imitation learning, this paper presents a software platform, SMILE
(Simulator for Maryland Imitation Learning Environment), specifically targeting tasks in which …

Imitation is a powerful learning tool when humans and robots interact in a social context. A
series of experimental runs and a small pilot user study were conducted to evaluate the …

Imitation is a powerful learning tool that can be used by a robotic agent to socially learn new
skills and tasks. One of the fundamental problems in imitation is the correspondence …

In robot programming by demonstration, we hypothesize that in a class of procedural tasks
where the end goal primarily consists of the states of objects that are external to a task …

In order to have a robotic system able to effectively learn by imitation and not merely
reproduce the movements of a human teacher, the system should have the capability to …

This paper presents an imitation learning system capable of learning tasks in a complex
dynamic real-time environment. In this paper, we argue that social learning should be …

This paper presents the cognitive architecture Con-SCIS (conceptual space based cognitive
imitation system), which tightly links low-level data processing with knowledge …

Learning by imitation represent a useful and promising alternative to programming robots.
This paper presents an approach for learning by imitation based on two functional elements …