Chapter 3

Question 1

Embodiment

Answer 1

Indicates the extension to which the body of a robot is adapted to the other constituting elements: the brain of the robot, the environment, and the task that the robot should accomplish.

Question 2

Embodied Mind or Embodied Cognitive Science

Answer 2

A paradigm that says intelligent behavior is the emergent product of many decentralized interactions occurring between the brain of the agent, the body of the agent, and the environment.

Question 3

Morphological Computation

Answer 3

The ability of a robot’s body to perform the same function of the brain.