HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Of particular interest to Honda Research Institute is how and why children develop a sense of curiosity about the world, and what accounts for varying levels of curiosity. In children's curiosity we see an analog of scientific discovery, where learning by observations and hunches is a rudimentary version of a hypothesis-making and testing. We want to understand how children "learn to learn" about the world, how they learn to form analogies and original thoughts... To explore these themes, we are launching a new research initiative that we call Curious Minded Machine - a robot or intelligent system that learns continuously in a human-like, curiosity-driven way... Our research collaboration called Curious Minded Machine seeks to develop intelligent systems capable of learning continuously with a human-like sense of curiosity. Partnering with the best and brightest minds across a range of disciplines - from behavioral sciences to robotics - our goal is to create Curious Minded Machines..

Also known as: Curious Minded Machine