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Macrine, Jennifer M. B. Fugate, Arsen Abdulali, and Josie Hughes  \nThe MIT Press  \nCambridge, Massachusetts  \nLondon, England  \nThe MIT Press  \nMassachusetts Institute of Technology  \n77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 [mitpress.mit.edu](mitpress.mit.edu)  \n© 2026 Massachusetts Institute of Technology  \nThis work is subject to a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license.  \nThis license applies only to the work in full and not to any components included with permission. Subject to such license, all rights are reserved. No part of this book may be used to train artificial intelligence systems without permission in writing from the MIT Press.  \nThe MIT Press would like to thank the anonymous peer reviewers who provided comments on drafts of this book. The generous work of academic experts is essential for establishing the authority and quality of our publications. We acknowledge with gratitude the contributions of these otherwise uncredited readers.  \nThis book was set in Stone Serif and Stone Sans by Westchester Publishing Services. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.  \nISBN: 978-0-262-05349-5  \nEU Authorised Representative: Easy Access System Europe, Mustamäe tee 50, 10621  \nTallinn, Estonia | Email: [gpsr.requests@easproject.com](gpsr.requests@easproject.com)  \nCollectively, we wish to thank our families, our mentors for their inspiration, and the growing embodied community.  \nSheila Macrine dedicates this book to her son, Gavin, whose intellectual curiosity keeps her constantly engaged, and to her husband, Nicholas, for his support.  \nJennifer Fugate would like to dedicate this book to her husband, Matthew, for keeping his humor throughout the process. She also dedicates this book to her son, Connor, whose intelligence has grown tremendously throughout the last year through all forms of interaction with the natural and artificial worlds.  \nJosie Hughes would like to thank her family for their continuous understanding and support and her lab members and colleagues with whom she gets to share the journey of continuing to grow her understanding of Embodied Intelligence.  \nArsen Abdulali dedicates this book to his parents, Ahmed and Ramilya, for their unwavering support, and to his nephew, Rinal, for reminding him that perspectives may shift in an evolving world, but fundamental questions endure and drive science.  \nContents  \nForeword by Fumiya Iida xi  \nPreface xv  \nAcknowledgments xix  \nIntroduction: Toward Embodied Intelligence 1  \nSheila L. Macrine, Jennifer M. B. 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Fischer, and Alex Miklashevsky  \n7 Embodied Cognition and Strong AI 183 Lawrence Shapiro and Francesco Bianchini  \n8 Embodied AI in Machine Learning: Is It Really Embodied? 203 Matej Hoffmann and Shubhan Parag Patni  \n9 The Embodied Future of Robotics 229 David Howard  \nPart III: Adaptation, Morphology, and Emergence 243  \n10 Morphological Pretraining: Adaptation from the  \nInside Out 249  \nJosh Bongard  \n11 Exploring Cognition through a Morphological Info  \nComputational Fra","cbCaik15bL1UACtT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaik15bL1UACtT","pdf",36130547,459,"English","# Foreword by Fumiya Iida\n# Preface\n# Acknowledgments\n# Introduction: Toward Embodied Intelligence\n# Part I: Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations\n## 1 Convergences of Human and Artificial Embodied Perspectives\n## 2 Artificial Selves: Robodiment and Narrative Identity in Robots\n## 3 The Thirty Years’ War on Representations and the Active Inference Westphalia\n## 4 Predictive Processing: From Sensorimotor Skills to Higher Cognition\n# Part II: Embodied Artificial Intelligence\n## 5 Advantages of Ecological AI\n## 6 Grounded, Embodied, and Situated Intelligence in Humans and Artificial Agents\n## 7 Embodied Cognition and Strong AI\n## 8 Embodied AI in Machine Learning: Is It Really Embodied?\n## 9 The Embodied Future of Robotics\n# Part III: Adaptation, Morphology, and Emergence\n## 10 Morphological Pretraining: Adaptation from the Inside Out\n## 11 Exploring Cognition through a Morphological Info Computational Framework\n## 12 Embodied AI Based on Dynamic Human-Computer Interaction\n# Part IV: Emotion, Learning, and Embodied Interaction\n## 13 Emotion Modeling and Its Embodiment in Transition\n## 14 Embodying Emotions in Autonomous and Social Robots\n## 15 AI Designer, Know Thyself!: What We Learn about Human Intelligence through Building Artificial Intelligence\n# Part V: Embodied Intelligence-Unifying Principles\n## 16 Embodied Artificial Intelligence: Enabling the Next Intelligence Revolution\n## 17 Diverse Intelligences—The Space of Possible Minds: Commentary\n## 18 Conclusion\n# Contributors\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What topics are covered in Embodied Intelligence?\",\"answer\":\"The book covers philosophical and theoretical foundations, embodied artificial intelligence, adaptation and morphology, emotion and learning, and unifying principles across natural, artificial, and hybrid systems.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the volume address embodied intelligence in artificial systems?\",\"answer\":\"It discusses ecological AI, grounded/situated intelligence, embodied cognition and strong AI, and whether machine learning approaches are truly embodied, alongside developments in robotics.\"},{\"question\":\"Which themes connect cognition with emotion and interaction?\",\"answer\":\"Later sections focus on emotion modeling and its embodiment, embodying emotions in autonomous and social robots, and what is learned about human intelligence through building artificial intelligence and engaging in human-computer interaction.\"}]","Embodied Intelligence - Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Natural, Artificial, and Hybrid Systems | PDF",1157]