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T1 CERA-CRANIUM: a test bed for machine consciousness research
A1 Arrabales, Raúl
A1 Ledezma Espino, Agapito Ismael
A1 Sanchis de Miguel, María Araceli
AB This paper describes a novel framework designed as a test bed for machine consciousness cognitive models (MCCM). This MCCM experimentation framework is based on a generalpurpose cognitive architecture that can be integrated in different environments and confronted with different problem domains. The definition of a generic cognitive control system for abstract agents is the root of the versatility of the presented framework. The proposed control system, which is inspired in the major cognitive theories of consciousness, provides mechanisms for both sensory data acquisition and motor action execution. Sensory and motor data is represented in the proposed architecture using different level workspaces where percepts and actions are generated thanks to the competition and collaboration of specialized processors. Additionally, this cognitive architecture provides the means to modulate perception and behavior; in other words, it offers an interface for a higher control layer to drive the way percepts and actions are generated and how they interact with each other. This mechanism permits the experimentation with virtually any high level cognitive model of consciousness. An illustrative application scenario, autonomous explorer robots, is also reviewed in this work.
YR 2009
FD 2009
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/11244
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/11244
LA eng
NO Proceeding of: International Workshop on Machine Consciousness 2009. Hong Kong, China. 15-17. June, 2009.
NO This research has been supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under CICYT grant TRA2007-67374-C02-02.
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