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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Ethology: The Science of Animal Behaviour -- 1.1 Ethology as the Study of Behaviour -- 1.1.1 Our Vision -- 1.1.2 A Cautionary Note on 'Social Robots' -- 1.2...

1.10.3 Behavioural Synchronisation -- 1.10.4 Recruitment and Choosing Partners -- 1.10.5 Sensitivity for Outcomes -- 1.10.6 Teaching -- 1.10.7 Ethorobotic Perspective -- 1.11 Development of Behaviour -- 1.11.1 Developmental Plasticity -- 1.11.2 Maturation -- 1.11.3 Environmental Effects on Developme...

2.5 Ethorobotic Perspectives for Building Robotic Mental Architectures -- 2.5.1 Architectures and Their Function -- 2.5.2 Paradigms for Artificial Robotic Architectures -- 2.5.3 Levels of Co-Determination: Evolution and Development -- 2.5.4 Inner State: Motivation -- 2.5.5 Inner State: Emotion -- 2....

3.5.4 Moving on the Ground: Wheels -- 3.5.5 Legs or Wheels? -- 3.5.6 Manipulating Objects -- 3.5.7 Alternative Actuators for Controlling Movements -- 3.5.8 Signalling Actions -- 3.5.9 Energy Sources for Autonomous Robots -- 3.5.10 Conclusions on Movement and Actions for Ethorobotics -- 3.6 Modelling...

4.4.6 Software Architecture and Related System Capabilities -- 4.4.7 Utilisation in HRI Research -- 4.4.8 Ethorobotic Perspectives -- 4.4.9 Future Utility -- 4.4.10 Similar Robots -- 4.5 BellaBot -- 4.5.1 Overview -- 4.5.2 Embodiment -- 4.5.3 Further Developments and Improvements -- 4.5.4 Autonomy -...