Building Brains for Bodies

Abstract

We describe a project to capitalize on newly available levels of computational resources in order to understand human cognition. We will build an integrated physical system including vision, sound input and output, and dextrous manipulation, all controlled by a continuously operating large scale parallel MIMD computer. The resulting system will learn to 'think' by building on its bodily experiences to accomplish progressively more abstract tasks. Past experience suggests that in attempting to build such an integrated system we will have to fundamentally change the way artificial intelligence, cognitive science, linguistics, and philosophy think about the organization of intelligence. We expect to be able to better reconcile the theories that will be developed with current work in neuroscience.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA270531

Entities

People

  • Lynn A. Stein
  • Rodney A. Brooks

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Information Systems
  • Integrated Systems
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Lisp Programming Language
  • Neurosciences
  • New York
  • Parallel Computing
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Educational Psychology
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy