Robotic consciousness: Evaluation of a proposal (original) (raw)
Related papers
A conscious model for autonomous robotics: Evaluation of a proposal
Autonomous mobile robots require efficient control of their movement. This paper focuses on a prototype implementing a consciousness model for autonomous mobile robots. The prototype is named FIC (Fluent Interactive Codelets framework). Here is an in-depth analysis of this secondary controller that complements the main close-loop controller providing complex information about the current robot status, and suggesting alternative actions. This paper describes the FIC prototype and its conscious subsystem, as well as statistics on how Concepts can model real-world indoor environments.Autonomous mobile robots require efficient control of their movement. This paper focuses on a prototype implementing a consciousness model for autonomous mobile robots. The prototype is named FIC (Fluent Interactive Codelets framework). Here is an in-depth analysis of this secondary controller that complements the main close-loop controller providing complex information about the current robot status, and suggesting alternative actions. This paper describes the FIC prototype and its conscious subsystem, as well as statistics on how Concepts can model real-world indoor environments.
Robot Localization Using Consciousness
2011
Abstract Autonomous mobile robots require efficient control of their movement. There are several very good approaches for controlling autonomous robots under bound conditions; however, self-adaptation to dynamic environments is very complicated. This paper focuses on part of an autonomous mobile robot prototype named FIC (Fluent Interactive Codelets framework) that has both a main controller and a secondary controller. We conducted an in-depth analysis of the secondary controller implementation.
Consciousness for Robot Controller: Autonomous Mobile Robot Adaptation
This paper focuses on the expansion of a conscious framework named ALGOC, and the benefits that derive from using such models as part of a mobile robot controller. There is a first description to the mobile robot problem and the relevance of an optimized intelligent controller. The architectural main features are described. Some test cases with and without a conscious controller show that there is an improvement of the robot´s behavior performing an optimized source-to-target path.
Review of Consciousness and the Possibility of Conscious Robots
Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication, 2010
This paper discusses the psychological, philosophical, and neurological definitions of consciousness and the prospects for the development of conscious machines or robots in the foreseeable future. Various definitions of consciousness are introduced and discussed within the different fields mentioned. A conscious machine or robot may be within the realm of engineering possibilities if current technological developments, especially Moore's law, continue at their current pace. Given the complexity of cognition and consciousness a hybrid parallel architecture with significant input/output appears to offer the best solution for the implementation of a complex system of systems which functionally approximates a human mind. Ideally, this architecture would include traditional symbolic representations as well as distributed representations which approximate the nonlinear dynamics seen in the human brain.
Modeling Consciousness for Autonomous Robot Exploration
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2007
This work aims to describe the application of a novel machine consciousness model to a particular problem of unknown environment exploration. This relatively simple problem is analyzed from the point of view of the possible benefits that cognitive capabilities like attention, environment awareness and emotional learning can offer. The model we have developed integrates these concepts into a situated agent control framework, whose first version is being tested in an advanced robotics simulator. The implementation of the relationships and synergies between the different cognitive functionalities of consciousness in the domain of autonomous robotics is also discussed.
Conscious robots - What is consciousness and is it possible to create conscious robots?
This essay tries to find a definition for the concept of consciousness and tries to find neural pathways that correspond to consciousness. This research is done so there can be found an answer to the question whether it is possible to create conscious robots. After doing research it seems easier to split the concept into three features (phenomenality, intentionality and introspectability). The possible neural pathways of these three features were separately investigated and were found to be existing! This means that, at least according to this definition of consciousness, a conscious robot is possible to be created.
A CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A SIMULATED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
Abstract—This work describes the application of the Baars-Franklin Architecture (BFA), an artificial consciousness approach, to synthesize a control system for an autonomous vehicle. The BFA was reported in the literature as a successful control system to different kinds of agents: CMattie, IDA and CTS. In this paper, BFA is for the first time applied for controlling an autonomous vehicle. Firstly we introduce the theoretical foundations of this approach for the development of a conscious agent.
2005
Abstract Based on results from evolutionary psychology we discuss important functions that can be served by consciousness in autonomous robots. We distinguish intrinsic intentionality from consciousness, but argue it is also important. Finally we explore the Hard Problem for robots (ie, whether they can experience subjective awareness) from the perspective of the theory of protophenomena.
Consciousness in robots: the hard problem and some less hard problems
2005
Abstract Based on results from evolutionary psychology we discuss important functions that can be served by consciousness in autonomous robots. We distinguish intrinsic intentionality from consciousness, but argue it is also important. Finally we explore the hard problem for robots (ie, whether they can experience subjective awareness) from the perspective of the theory of protophenomena.