Towards multi-intelligences: are we there yet?

In this talk, I will provide different aspects of embodied intelligence that I have been working on over the years, and several cases will be given, from morphological-based to sensory-motor learning to cognitive reasoning. Although many of these cases have been shown as successful examples of highly specialised forms of embodied intelligence - is this really the way forward toward intelligence? Now, I want to raise the question: can we continue to engineer smart machines with the current methods of compartmentalizing intelligence into closed singular forms? Or do we need a new methodology or a fundamental paradigm shift in thinking about embodied intelligence?

Gordon Cheng has made pioneering contributions in Humanoid Robotics, Neuroengineering, and Artificial Intelligence for over 20 years. Since 2010, he has held the Chair Professor for Cognitive Systems and the Director of the Institute for Cognitive Systems at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. 

Prof. Cheng is the Program Director of the Elite Master of Science in Neuroengineering of the Elite Network of Bavaria, a highly selective and unique study program in Germany. He is also the coordinator of the Center of Competence Neuro-Engineering.  

Gordon Cheng is the co-inventor of 20 patents and has co-authored over 450 technical publications, proceedings, editorials, books, and book chapters. The IEEE acknowledged this interdisciplinarity when he was named IEEE Fellow in 2017 for his “contributions in humanoid robotic systems and neurorobotics.” 

His research interests include NeuroRobotics, Humanoid Robotics, Imitation Learning, Cognitive Systems, Artificial Intelligence and NeuroEngineering.