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ArticleEntropy (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Active Inference for Learning and Development in Embodied Neuromorphic Agents.

Sarah Hamburg, Alejandro Jimenez Rodriguez, Aung Htet, Alessandro Di Nuovo

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Article in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Five Fristonian Formulae.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sarah HamburgDepartment of Computing, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK.
Alejandro Jimenez RodriguezDepartment of Computing, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK.
Aung HtetDepartment of Computing, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK.
Alessandro Di NuovoDepartment of Computing, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2677-2650

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/X018733/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Taking inspiration from humans can help catalyse embodied AI solutions for important real-world applications. Current human-inspired tools include neuromorphic systems and the developmental approach to learning. However, this developmental neurorobotics approach is currently lacking important frameworks for human-like computation and learning. We propose that human-like computation is inherently embodied, with its interface to the world being neuromorphic, and its learning processes operating across different timescales. These constraints necessitate a unified framework: active inference, underpinned by the free energy principle (FEP). Herein, we describe theoretical and empirical support for leveraging this framework in embodied neuromorphic agents with autonomous mental development. We additionally outline current implementation approaches (including toolboxes) and challenges, and we provide suggestions for next steps to catalyse this important field.

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active inferencedevelopmental roboticsneurorobotics

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PMID39056944
PMCPMC11276484

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