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Summary
The primary aim of this project is to develop a simulation of
the processes involved in solving the problems faced by a robotic agent as
in the illustration below. That is how to select, based on the agent’s
knowledge and representations of the world, one object from several, grasp
the object and use it in an appropriate manner. This mundane activity in
fact requires the simultaneous solution of several deep problems at various
levels. The agent’s visual system must represent potential target objects,
the target must be selected based on task instructions or the agent’s
knowledge of the functions of the represented objects, and the hand (in
this case) must be moved to the target and shaped so as to grip it in a
manner appropriate for its use. We propose to develop a robotic simulation
model inspired by recent theories of embodied cognition, in which the
vision, action and semantic systems are linked together, in a dynamic and
mutually interactive manner, within a connectionist architecture. Human
experimental work will constrain the temporal and dynamic properties of the
system in an effort to develop a psychologically plausible model of
embodied selection for action. As much of the cognitive mechanisms leading
to the integration between action and vision for actions such as object
assembly tasks are not fully known, new empirical studies in this project
will also improve our insight of these embodied cognitive dynamics. New
experiments and the use of the embodied cognitive model will also be used
to further our understanding of language and cognition integration e.g. by
providing further predictions and insights on the dynamics of language and
action knowledge in object representation
People
Prof.
Angelo Cangelosi
Dr.
Rob Ellis
Dr.
Martin H. Fischer
Dr.
Davi Bugmann
Dr.
Zoran Macura
Dr. Richard Dewhurst
Dr.
Jeremy Gosling (collaborator)
International collaborators
Prof. Art
Glenberg (Arizona State University, USA)
Prof. Giulio Sandini, Prof. Giorgio Metta (Italian
Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy)
Former collaborators
Dr.
Andriy Myachykov (Glasgow University)
  
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