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Email:

stefano.nolfi@istc.cnr.it

Telephone:

+ 39 06 44595233

Fax:

+ 39 06 44595243

Address:

Via S. Martino della Battaglia 44 - 00185 Rome - Italy

Personal website:

http://laral.istc.cnr.it/nolfi

Group membership:

Laboratory of Autonomous Robotics and Artificial Life

Additional details

Profile

Position:

Research Director

Stefano Nolfi is a research director of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and director of the Laboratory of Autonomous Robots and Artificial Life of the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies. He is one of the founders of Evolutionary Robotics. His research activities focus on the evolution and development of behavioural and cognitive skills in natural and artificial embodied agents (robots). He authored/co-authored more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific publications including a monograph book on Evolutionary Robotics published by MIT Press in 2000, and an edited book on Evolution of Communication and Language in Embodied Agents published by Springer Verlag in 2010. He coordinated and participated to several research projects founded by international agencies including the currently running ITALK project (founded by the European Commission and coordinated by the University of Plymouth, UK) and H2Swarm project (founded by the European Science Foundations that he coordinates).

For more information see http://laral.istc.cnr.it/nolfi

Projects

ITALK: Integration and Transfer of Action and Language Knowledge in Robots

Project Funding:

FP - European Framework Programmes

Project Timeframe:

29 Feb 2008 to 27 Feb 2012

ISTC Contact Person:

Stefano Nolfi

Group & ISTC Labs:

Laboratory of Autonomous Robotics and Artificial Life

Publications

Articolo

2015

Integrating learning by experience and demonstration in autonomous robots

Pagliuca, Paolo, Nolfi, Stefano

Source: Adaptive behavior 23 (2015): 300–314. doi:10.1177/1059712315608424, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Pagliuca, Paolo; Nolfi, Stefano/titolo:Integrating learning by experience and demonstration in autonomous robots/doi:10.1177/1059712315608424/rivista:Adaptive behavior/anno:2015/pagina_da:300/pagina_a:314/intervallo_pagine:300–3

Learning to manipulate and categorize in human and artificial agents

Morlino G., Gianelli C., Borghi A.M., Nolfi S.

Source: Cognitive science 39 (2015): 39–64. doi:10.1111/cogs.12130, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Morlino G.; Gianelli C.; Borghi A.M.; Nolfi S./titolo:Learning to manipulate and categorize in human and artificial agents/doi:10.1111/cogs.12130/rivista:Cognitive science/anno:2015/pagina_da:39/pagina_a:64/intervallo_pagine:39–

Selection-for-action emerges in neural networks trained to learn spatial associations between stimuli and actions

Simione L., Nolfi S.

Source: Cognitive processing (Print) 16 (2015): 393–397. doi:10.1007/s10339-015-0679-8, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Simione L.; Nolfi S./titolo:Selection-for-action emerges in neural networks trained to learn spatial associations between stimuli and actions/doi:10.1007/s10339-015-0679-8/rivista:Cognitive processing (Print)/anno:2015/pagina_da

2014

Communication based dynamic role allocation in a group of homogeneous robots

Gigliotta, Onofrio, Mirolli, Marco, Nolfi, Stefano

Source: Natural computing 13 (2014): 391–402. doi:10.1007/s11047-014-9443-8, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Gigliotta, Onofrio; Mirolli, Marco; Nolfi, Stefano/titolo:Communication based dynamic role allocation in a group of homogeneous robots/doi:10.1007/s11047-014-9443-8/rivista:Natural computing/anno:2014/pagina_da:391/pagina_a:402/

Designing adaptive humanoid robots through the FARSA open-source framework

Massera G., Ferrauto T., Gigliotta O., Nolfi S.

Source: Adaptive behavior (Online) 22 (2014): 255–265. doi:10.1177/1059712314536909, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Massera G.; Ferrauto T.; Gigliotta O.; Nolfi S./titolo:Designing adaptive humanoid robots through the FARSA open-source framework/doi:10.1177/1059712314536909/rivista:Adaptive behavior (Online)/anno:2014/pagina_da:255/pagina_a:2

Evolutionary robotics

Haasdijk, Evert W., Bredèche, Nicolas, Nolfi, Stefano, Eiben, Ágoston Endre

Source: Evolutionary intelligence (Print) 7 (2014): 69–70. doi:10.1007/s12065-014-0113-7, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Haasdijk, Evert W.; Bredèche, Nicolas; Nolfi, Stefano; Eiben, Ágoston Endre/titolo:Evolutionary robotics/doi:10.1007/s12065-014-0113-7/rivista:Evolutionary intelligence (Print)/anno:2014/pagina_da:69/pagina_a:70/intervallo_pagin

The ITALK Project: A Developmental Robotics Approach to the Study of Individual, Social, and Linguistic Learning

Broz, Frank, Nehaniv, Chrystopher L., Belpaeme, Tony, Bisio, Ambra, Dautenhahn, Kerstin, Fadiga, Luciano, Ferrauto, Tomassino, Fischer, Kerstin, Foerster, Frank, Gigliotta, Onofrio, Griffiths, Sascha, Lehmann, Hagen, Lohan, Katrin S., Lyon, Caroline, Marocco, Davide, Massera, Gianluca, Metta, Giorgio, Mohan, Vishwanathan, Morse, Anthony, Nolfi, Stefano, Nori, Francesco, Peniak, Martin, Pitsch, Karola, Rohlfing, Katharina J., Sagerer, Gerhard, Sato, Yo, Saunders, Joe, Schillingmann, Lars, Sciutti, Alessandra, Tikhanoff, Vadim, Wrede, Britta, Zeschel, Arne, Cangelosi, Angelo

Source: Topics in cognitive science (Print) 6 (2014): 534–544. doi:10.1111/tops.12099, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Broz, Frank; Nehaniv, Chrystopher L.; Belpaeme, Tony; Bisio, Ambra; Dautenhahn, Kerstin; Fadiga, Luciano; Ferrauto, Tomassino; Fischer, Kerstin; Foerster, Frank; Gigliotta, Onofrio; Griffiths, Sascha; Lehmann, Hagen; Lohan, Katr

The role of selective attention and action selection in the development of multiple action capabilities

Simione L., Nolfi S.

Source: Connection science (Print) 26 (2014): 389–402. doi:10.1080/09540091.2014.942597, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Simione L.; Nolfi S./titolo:The role of selective attention and action selection in the development of multiple action capabilities/doi:10.1080/09540091.2014.942597/rivista:Connection science (Print)/anno:2014/pagina_da:389/pagi

2013

A robotic model of reaching and grasping development

Savastano P., Nolfi S.

Source: IEEE transactions on autonomous mental development (Print) 5 (2013): 326–336. doi:10.1109/TAMD.2013.2264321, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Savastano P.; Nolfi S./titolo:A robotic model of reaching and grasping development/doi:10.1109/TAMD.2013.2264321/rivista:IEEE transactions on autonomous mental development (Print)/anno:2013/pagina_da:326/pagina_a:336/intervallo_

Embodied cognition: Il succo è nell'interazione

Nolfi, Stefano

Source: Giornale italiano di psicologia 35 (2013): 101–103. doi:10.1421/73983, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Nolfi, Stefano/titolo:Embodied cognition: Il succo è nell'interazione/doi:10.1421/73983/rivista:Giornale italiano di psicologia/anno:2013/pagina_da:101/pagina_a:103/intervallo_pagine:101–103/volume:35

Selective attention enables action selection: Evidence from evolutionary robotics experiments

Petrosino G., Parisi D., Nolfi S.

Source: Adaptive behavior (Online) 21 (2013): 356–370. doi:10.1177/1059712313487389, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Petrosino G.; Parisi D.; Nolfi S./titolo:Selective attention enables action selection: Evidence from evolutionary robotics experiments/doi:10.1177/1059712313487389/rivista:Adaptive behavior (Online)/anno:2013/pagina_da:356/pagin

Swarmanoid: A novel concept for the study of heterogeneous robotic swarms

Dorigo M., Floreano D., Gambardella L.M., Mondada F., Nolfi S., Baaboura T., Birattari M., Bonani M., Brambilla M., Brutschy A., Burnier D., Campo A., Christensen A.L., Decugniere A., Di Caro G., Ducatelle F., Ferrante E., Forster A., Gonzales J.M., Guzzi J., Longchamp V., Magnenat S., Mathews N., Montes De Oca M., O'Grady R., Pinciroli C., Pini G., Retornaz P., Roberts J., Sperati V., Stirling T., Stranieri A., Stutzle T., Trianni V., Tuci E., Turgut A.E., Vaussard F.

Source: IEEE robotics & automation magazine 20 (2013): 60–71. doi:10.1109/MRA.2013.2252996, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Dorigo M.; Floreano D.; Gambardella L.M.; Mondada F.; Nolfi S.; Baaboura T.; Birattari M.; Bonani M.; Brambilla M.; Brutschy A.; Burnier D.; Campo A.; Christensen A.L.; Decugniere A.; Di Caro G.; Ducatelle F.; Ferrante E.; Forst

Contributo in volume

2015

Embodied Intelligence

Cangelosi A., Bongard J., M. H. Fisher, Nolfi S.

Source: Springer Handbook of Computational intelligence, edited by J. Kacprzyk and W. T. Pedrycz (Eds.), pp. 697–714. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2015

2014

Evolution of Communication in Robots

de Greeff, Joachim, Nolfi, Stefano

Source: The Horizons of Evolutionary Robotics, edited by Vargas, P. A., Di Paolo, E. A., Harvey, I. & Husbands, P. (Eds), pp. 179–202. Cambridge [MA]: MIT Press, 2014

Mutual Information As a Task-Independent Utility Function for Evolutionary Robotics

Sperati, Valerio, Trianni, Vito, Nolfi, Stefano

Source: Guided Self-Organization: Inception, edited by Mikhail Prokopenko, pp. 389–414. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2014