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Embodiment and SO form two cornerstones of both modern robotics and the understanding of human and animal intelligence. In particular, the role of the embodiment for the behavior of both artificial and natural beings has become of much and increasing interest in recent times. In robotics, there are essentially two attitudes towards the physical embodiment. On the one hand, with rule based systems and/or systems intended to execute a given motion plan, embodiment is more or less considered as a (nasty) problem opposing the execution of the plan. On the other hand, it is well believed and verified by many examples that living beings are taking much advantage from the physico-mechanical properties of their bodies in order to create natural motion patterns.
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Der, R. (2014). On the Role of Embodiment for Self-Organizing Robots: Behavior As Broken Symmetry. In: Prokopenko, M. (eds) Guided Self-Organization: Inception. Emergence, Complexity and Computation, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-53734-9_7
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