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This book addresses the central role played by development in cognition. The focus is on applying our knowledge of development in natural cognitive systems, specifically human infants, to the problem of creating artificial cognitive systems in the guise of humanoid robots. This results in roadmap comprising a set of forty-three guidelines for the design of a cognitive architecture and its deployment in a humanoid robot.

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A Conceptual Framework for Developmental Cognitive Systems.- Pre-natal Development and Core Abilities.- The Development of Cognitive Capabilities in Infants.- What Neurophysiology Teaches Us About Perception and Action.- Computational Models of Cognition.- A Research Roadmap..- The iCub Cognitive Architecture.- Conclusion.

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From the book reviews:

"This is a book concerning the development of iCUB humanoid robots involving motor, sensorimotor, and cognitive architectures. This is a necessary monograph on the subject and I highly recommend it for anyone interested in robots. ... This is a provocative and excellent book on robotics." (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, August, 2014)

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