?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Why+it+is+important+to+build+robots+capable+of+doing+science&rft.creator=Florian%2C+Razvan+V.&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=Science%2C+like+any+other+cognitive+activity%2C+is+grounded+in+the+sensorimotor+interaction+of+our+bodies+with+the+environment.+Human+embodiment+thus+constrains+the+class+of+scientific+concepts+and+theories+which+are+accessible+to+us.+The+paper+explores+the+possibility+of+doing+science+with+artificial+cognitive+agents%2C+in+the+framework+of+an+interactivist-constructivist+cognitive+model+of+science.+Intelligent+robots%2C+by+virtue+of+having+different+sensorimotor+capabilities%2C+may+overcome+the+fundamental+limitations+of+human+science+and+provide+important+technological+innovations.+Mathematics+and+nanophysics+are+prime+candidates+for+being+studied+by+artificial+scientists.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.contributor=Demiris%2C+Yiannis&rft.contributor=Marom%2C+Yuval&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2508%2F1%2FFlorian.pdf&rft.identifier=++Florian%2C+Razvan+V.++(2002)+Why+it+is+important+to+build+robots+capable+of+doing+science.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2508%2F