Imagination and Situated Cognition

Abstract

A subsumption-based mobile robot is extended to perform cognitive tasks. Following directions, the robot navigates directly to previously unexplored goals. This robot exploits a novel architecture based on the idea that cognition uses the underlying machinery of interaction, imagining sensations and actions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA234420

Entities

People

  • Lynn A. Stein

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Actuators
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognition
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Construction
  • Control Systems
  • Environment
  • Language
  • Navigation
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Robotics
  • Robots
  • Sensation
  • Simulations
  • Virtual Reality

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy