Body Schema in Autonomous Agents
Zachariah A Neemeh, Christian Kronsted, Sean Kugele, Stan Franklin
Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness March 1, 2021 DOI: 10.1142/s2705078521500065 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that the 'body schema' should be split into three functionally separate components—a Current Body Schema modeling effectors online, a Habitual Body Schema storing long-term embodied capacities and affordances, and an Online Body Schema relaying 'dorsal' stream information from early perception to sensorimotor processes—and contends that this three-part LIDA model explains findings from several psychology and ethology experiments. |
Abstract
A body schema is an agent’s model of its own body that enables it to act on affordances in the environment. This paper presents a body schema system for the Learning Intelligent Decision Agent (LIDA) cognitive architecture. LIDA is a conceptual and computational implementation of Global Workspace Theory, also integrating other theories from neuroscience and psychology. This paper contends that the ‘body schema’ should be split into three separate functions based on the functional role of consciousness in Global Workspace Theory. There is (1) an online model of the agent’s effectors and effector variables (Current Body Schema), (2) a long-term, recognitional storage of embodied capacities for action and affordances (Habitual Body Schema), and (3) “dorsal” stream information feeding directly from early perception to sensorimotor processes (Online Body Schema). This paper then discusses how the LIDA model of the body schema explains several experiments in psychology and ethology.
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