In recent years, scientists have been studying how to make robots smarter by teaching them things like how to move, pay attention, and communicate with people with the goal of creating robots that can help humans with things like learning, rehabilitation, and work (Schack, 2019). Today’s technology has advanced enough that robots can do many things like humans, and scientists are working on making them even better. They are making robots that can do things like play soccer, golf, run, and jump, just like humans. By studying how robots move and interact with humans, scientists hope to learn more about how humans move and think (Schack & Ritter, 2009, 2013).
Schack, T. (2019). In D. Hackfort, R. J. Schinke, & B. Strauss (Eds.), Dictionary of sport psychology: Sport, exercise, and performing arts. Academic Press.
Schack, T., & Ritter, H. (2009). The cognitive nature of action Functional links between cognitive psychology, move- ment science and robotics. In M. Raab, J. Johnson, & H. Heekeren (Eds.), Progress in brain research: Mind and motion – The bidirectional link between thought and action (pp. 231252). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Schack, T., & Ritter, H. (2013). Representation and learning in motor action Bridges between experimental research and cognitive robotics. New ideas in psychology, 31(3), 258269.
