2004-02-12Z2011-03-11T08:55:26Zhttp://cogprints.org/id/eprint/3343This item is in the repository with the URL: http://cogprints.org/id/eprint/33432004-02-12ZA Developmental Approach for low-level ImitationsHistorically, a lot of authors in psychology and in
robotics tend to separate "true imitation" and its
related high-level mechanisms which seem to be exclusive to human adult, from low-level imitations or
"mimicries" observed on babies or primates. Closely,
classical researches suppose that an imitative artificial system must be able to build a model of
the demonstrator's geometry, in order to reproduce finely the movements on each joints. Conversely, we
will advocate that if imitation is viewed as a part of a
developmental course, then (1) an artificial developing system does not need to build any internal model
of the other, to perform real-time and low-level imitations of human movements despite the related correspondence problem between man and robot and,
(2) a simple sensory-motor loop could be at the basis
of multiples heterogeneous imitative behaviors often
explained in the literature by different models.Pierre AndryPhilippe GaussierJacqueline NadelMichele Courant