1. Mind-Body Co-Development and Co-Evolution

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        In order to maximally exploit the design power of evolution and development, controllers 
        and robot morphologies have to evolve simultaneously. The permanent interaction of the 
        body of an agent with the environment during growth enables its 'mind' to develop. We need 
        to understand and model developmental processes in nature and build embodied artificial 
        systems that are inspired by them; embed them into evolutionary processes, and study 
        interaction of physical and information processes during this development. These also 
        require physical growth (see the following point).
      
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