title: Ongoing Emergence: A Core Concept in Epigenetic Robotics creator: Prince, Christopher creator: Helder, Nathan creator: Hollich, George subject: Developmental Psychology subject: Artificial Intelligence subject: Robotics description: We propose ongoing emergence as a core concept in epigenetic robotics. Ongoing emergence refers to the continuous development and integration of new skills and is exhibited when six criteria are satisfied: (1) continuous skill acquisition, (2) incorporation of new skills with existing skills, (3) autonomous development of values and goals, (4) bootstrapping of initial skills, (5) stability of skills, and (6) reproducibility. In this paper we: (a) provide a conceptual synthesis of ongoing emergence based on previous theorizing, (b) review current research in epigenetic robotics in light of ongoing emergence, (c) provide prototypical examples of ongoing emergence from infant development, and (d) outline computational issues relevant to creating robots exhibiting ongoing emergence. publisher: Lund University Cognitive Studies contributor: Berthouze, Luc contributor: Kaplan, Frédéric contributor: Kozima, Hideki contributor: Yano, Hiroyuki contributor: Konczak, Jürgen contributor: Metta, Giorgio contributor: Nadel, Jacqueline contributor: Sandini, Giulio contributor: Stojanov, Georgi contributor: Balkenius, Christian date: 2005 type: Conference Paper type: PeerReviewed format: application/pdf identifier: http://cogprints.org/4966/1/prince.pdf identifier: Prince, Christopher and Helder, Nathan and Hollich, George (2005) Ongoing Emergence: A Core Concept in Epigenetic Robotics. [Conference Paper] relation: http://cogprints.org/4966/