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FROM MODELING TO IMPLEMENTING THE PERCEPTION LOOP IN SELF-CONSCIOUS SYSTEMS

VALERIA SEIDITA

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Universitá degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy

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MASSIMO COSSENTINO

Istituto di Calcolo e Reti ad Alte Prestazioni, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793843010000503Cited by:3 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

Engineering self-conscious robotic systems is a challenging issue because of the intrinsic complexity of such systems; a self-conscious robot has to acquire knowledge, to understand its world and to autonomously interact with its environment. In this paper, the externalist point of view is used for developing a complete process for the design and implementation of a conscious robotic system that is able to interact with a dynamic environment in a human-like fashion without possessing detailed knowledge about the environment and pre-programmed tasks and algorithms. The paper mainly focuses on the configuration part of the whole process that make the robot able to decide and to learn from experiences.

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