Title of the talk: Cognitive robots for more humane interactions
Abstract:
A cognitive robot is a robot capable to adapt, predict, and pro-actively interact with the environment and communicate with the human partners. Our research leverages on the use of the humanoid robot iCub to test how to build such a cognitive interactive agent. We model the minimal skills necessary for cognitive development, such as the visual features that enable to recognize the presence of other agents in the scene, their internal state and their responses to robot behavior. In a dual approach, we are trying to understand how to modulate robot movement to make it more transparent and understandable to non-expert users. As a next step, we are focusing on the development of simple cognitive architectures that could integrate the sensory and motor capabilities developed in isolation together with memory, internal motivation and learning mechanisms, to achieve personalization and adaptation skills. We believe that only a structured effort toward cognition will in the future allow for more humane machines, able to see the world and people as we do and engage with them in a meaningful manner.
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Regards
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Dr. Amir Aly
Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Center for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS)
School of Engineering, Computing, and Mathematics
Room B332, Portland Square, Drake Circus, PL4 8AA
University of Plymouth, UK