Originating from a Dagstuhl seminar, this work presents a collection of papers that constitutes on the one hand - a representative survey of embodied artificial intelligence, and on the other hand - the papers identify the important research trends and directions in the field.

Philosophical and Conceptual Issues.- Embodied Artificial Intelligence: Trends and Challenges.- Embodied AI as Science: Models of Embodied Cognition, Embodied Models of Cognition, or Both?.- The Future of Embodied Artificial Intelligence: Machine Consciousness?.- Do Real Numbers Really Move? Language, Thought, and Gesture: The Embodied Cognitive Foundations of Mathematics.- Information, Dynamics, Morphology.- Information-Theoretical Aspects of Embodied Artificial Intelligence.- Robot Bouncing: On the Synergy Between Neural and Body-Environment Dynamics.- The Need to Adapt and Its Implications for Embodiment.- How Should Control and Body Systems Be Coupled? A Robotic Case Study.- Self-Stabilization and Behavioral Diversity of Embodied Adaptive Locomotion.- Principles of Embodiment for Real-World Applications.- Removing Some ‘A’ from AI: Embodied Cultured Networks.- Mutual Adaptation in a Prosthetics Application.- A Human-Like Robot Hand and Arm with Fluidic Muscles: Biologically Inspired Construction and Functionality.- Agent-Environment Interaction in Visual Homing.- Bayesian Modeling and Reasoning for Real World Robotics: Basics and Examples.- Developmental Approaches.- From Humanoid Embodiment to Theory of Mind.- Robot Finger Design for Developmental Tactile Interaction.- The Autotelic Principle.- Toward a Cognitive System Algebra: Application to Facial Expression Learning and Imitation.- Maximizing Learning Progress: An Internal Reward System for Development.- You Did It on Purpose! Towards Intentional Embodied Agents.- Towards Imitation Learning from a Viewpoint of an Internal Observer.- Artificial Evolution and Self-Reconfiguration.- On Evolutionary Design, Embodiment, and Artificial Regulatory Networks.- Evolution of Embodied Intelligence.- Self-ReconfigurableRobots: Platforms for Emerging Functionality.