Who said Aibo is not an aquatic robot? Don't try this at home using real water...

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Here we have an ICybie robot (2005 version I think) dacing:

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Even the best robots have problems some times... And relating this accident with machine consciousness (attention focus concretelly) let me cite one comment of this video: "Asimo should look where he's going instead of flirting with the crowd:)"

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Human brain weight is about 2% of body weight. However, its energy consumption is 20%. Thanks to brain imaging techniques (like fMRI and PET) scientists can see the changing metabolism and brain blood streams, which mean energy consumption as explained by Marcus E. Raichle from Washington University [1]. According to Raichle, only between 0,5% and 1% of the energy is used to bear with external world. 60% to 80% of the energy is dedicated to maintain the connection between neurons. Therefore, the creation of new neuronal routes is the main energy consumption mechanism.

Other source of energy consumption could be the constant prediction processes present in the brain. Human brain is often defined as a prediction machine, as it collects information and experiences from the past and tries to prepare and anticipate the immediate future.

[1] The Brain's Dark Energy. Marcus E. Raichle.  Science 24 November 2006: Vol. 314. no. 5803, pp. 1249 - 1250. DOI: 10.1126/science. 1134405

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Santiago Ramón y Cajal (May 1, 1852 - Octiber 17, 1934) was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1906 (jointly with Camillo Golgi). This Spanish scientist is considered one of the founders of neuroscience. Ramón y Cajal was very prolific in histologic studies of the central nervous system. His most salient work is included in [1] (Spanish) and [2] (English).

[1] Ramón y Cajal S. Estudios sobre la degeneración y regeneración de sistema nervioso. 2 vols. Madrid: N. Moya, 1913–14.

[2] S. Ramón y Cajal, Studies on the degeneration and regeneration of the nervous system, 2 vols, Oxford University Press, Oxford (1928).

• More information: Wikipedia entry for Ramón y Cajal.

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Raúl Arrabales Moreno
University Carlos III of Madrid
Departamento de Informática 

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Raúl Arrabales is currently researching on machine consciousness as part of his PhD thesis.

Publications

2008

Arrabales, R. Ledezma, A. and Sanchis, A. "A Multimodal Attention Mechanism for Autonomous Mobile Robotics". IX Workshop en Agentes Físicos. Joaquín Lopez and Matías García (Eds.). Vigo, September 2008. Pages 121-128. 
[Workshop Website]

Arrabales, R. Ledezma, A. and Sanchis, A. "ConsScale: A Plausible Test for Machine Consciousness?". Proceedings of the Nokia Workshop on Machine Consciousness 2008. August 2008. Pages 49-57. 
[Workshop Website]

Arrabales, R. Ledezma, A. and Sanchis, A. "Integrated Attention for Cognitive Robotics". Communications of The Systemics and Informatics World Network (SIWN). Volume 5. August 2008. Pages 1-5. 
[Workshop Website] [BibTeX]

Arrabales, R. Ledezma, A. and Sanchis, A. "Criteria for Consciousness in Artificial Intelligent Agents". Adaptive Learning Agents and Multi-Agent Systems - Proceedings of the ALAMAS+ALAg Workshop at AAMAS 2008. Estoril. Portugal. Pages 57-64. 
[Workshop Website] [BibTeX]

Arrabales Moreno, R. and Sanchis de Miguel, A. "Applying Machine Consciousness Models in Autonomous Situated Agents". Pattern Recognition Letters. Special Issue on Pattern Recognition in Multidisciplinary Perception and Intelligence. Volume 29. Issue 8. June 2008. Pages 1033-1038.
[DOI] [PDF] [Journal Website]

Arrabales, R. Ledezma, A. and Sanchis, A. "CRANIUM-CERA Cognitive Architecture". 1st International Semminar on New Issues of Artificial Intelligence. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. February 2008. 
[Poster] [Semminar Website]

2007

Arrabales Moreno, R. Ledezma Espino, A. and Sanchis de Miguel, A. "Modelling Consciousness for Autonomous Robot Exploration". In 2nd International Work-Conference on the Interplay between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series, Vol. 4527. pp. 51-60.
[PDF] [Conference Website]

2006

Arrabales Moreno, R. and Sanchis de Miguel, A. "A Machine Consciousness Approach to Autonomous Mobile Robotics". In the 5th International Cognitive Robotics Workshop. AAAI-06. Boston, MA. July 2006. 
[PDF] [Workshop Website]

Arrabales Moreno, R. and  Sanchis de Miguel, A., "La Aplicación de Modelos de Consciencia Artificial en los Sistemas Multiagente". Actas del Campus Multidisciplinar en Percepción e Inteligencia, CMPI-2006, Vol. 1 pp. 401-412. July 2006. ISBN 84-689-9560-6. 
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2002

Arrabales R., Flanagan C., Toal D., "An adaptive video event mining system for an autonomous underwater vehicle" In: Intelligent Engineering Systems through Artificial Neural Networks, 2002, Vol 12, pp 585-591, ASME Press, Proc. ANNIE 2002, St Louis. ISBN 0-7918-0191-8.
[PDF] [Conference Website]

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Curriculum Vitae

Raúl Arrabales Moreno, MSc, PMP    

CURRICULUM VITAE

University Education

2006 - Present - Pursuing PhD in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.
2005 - MSc in Computer Science and Technology. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
2001 - BSc in Computer Science. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
1998 - BEng in Computer Engineering. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Work Experience

2006 - Present: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Teaching Assistant.
2008 - 2008: Nokia Research. Helsinki. Summer Internship.
2005 - 2006: T-Online (Yacom). Project Manager.
2004 - 2005: C-COR Corp. EMEA. Project Manager.
2003 - 2004: nCUBE Corp. EMEA. Video on Demand pre-sales and support consultant.
2002 - 2003: Interactive Streams. Video over IP technical consultant.
2001 - 2002: University of Limerick. Postgraduate visiting researcher.
2000 - 2001: IBM Spain. Regional E-Commerce Web Producer.
1999 - 2000: Dysoft Computer. Computer Science Lecturer.

Research Projects

- Normalizator. Corrección y Normalización de Direcciones Postales. Art. 83 Contract. with Sigma Data Services. Researcher. 2008-2009.
- Sistema de Detección de Peatones, Ciclistas y Motoristas - Fusión Sensorial. Plan Nacional de I+D+I. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Referencia TRA-2007-67374-C02-02.
- Autonomous Underwarer Vehicle employing Adaptive Artificial Intelligence for Underwater Filming and Inspection. Enterprise Ireland Strategic Research. Grant 2000-2002. Undergraduate researcher.

Program Committee Membership

- International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation (IMETI 2008).
- IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2008 (MCCSIS 2008).
- IADIS International Conference - Intelligent Systems and Agents 2008 (ISA 2008).
 

Journal Refereeing

- IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part C: Applications and Reviews.

Supervision Final Year Projects:

- Vision based obstacle recognition for an autonomous robot. Iván Bernabé.
- A teaching management web application. Luís Álvarez.
- Attention mechanism for intelligent robot navegation. Ana Santos.
- Designing complex behaviors for an autonomous robot. Alberto Trujillo.

Invited Talks

- Semana de la Ciencia de Madrid. Univ. Carlos III de Madrid. Consciencia Artificial y Robótica Cognitiva. October 2008.
- 3rd Computer Science Symposium at UEM (European University of Madrid). Machine Consciousness and Cognitive Robotics. November 2007. 

Media Appearances

- "Yo, máquina". Published by Gente / gentedigital.es  (10/07/2008).
- "Investigadores españoles desarrollan inteligencia artificial en robots". Published by RTVE / Europa Press (08/07/2008).
- "Nuevos pasos hacia la creación de máquinas conscientes". Published by OIC/UC3M, sinc, LaFlecha, and madri+d  (07/07/2008). 
- Conscious-Robots.com joins Microsoft Robotics Studio as a Partner. Microsot Robotics Group (01/2008)
- I am featured in chaper 9 - Future of Robotics - of the book Programming Microsoft Robotics Studio by Sara Morgan (03/2008).
- Microsoft Robotics Studio Community Page. www.Conscious-Robots.com pages for MSRS. (08/2007).

Additional Training

- Relaciones Interpersonales y Resolución de Conflictos en el Aula. Univ. de Cádiz. Campus Virtual (06/2008).
- Herramientas Colaborativas y Distribución de Vídeo por Internet. Serv. Audiovisuales. UC3M. Madrid (07/2008).
- A Day at a Conference. Intensive English Course. L*T*S and Human Resources UC3M. Madrid (02/2008).
- Protección de la propiedad industrial e intelectual. Patentes. Parque Científico UC3M. Madrid (05/2007).
- La enseñanza a través de Internet. UC3M. Madrid (03/2007).
- Seminario de mejores prácticas docentes. UC3M. Madrid (02/2007).
- Jornadas de orientación docente. UC3M. Madrid (02/2007).
- Microsoft TV IPTV Edition 1.1. Alcatel University. Alcatel Spain. Madrid (04/2006).
- PMI PMP® Certification programme. International Institute for Learning. Madrid (07/2005).
- Video on Demand Technology – nCUBE Solutions. nCUBE Headquarters. Portland, OR. (08/2002).
- Analysis of Consumer Behaviour. Consumer Motivation and Values. Smart Force Ltd. Dublin. (08/2001).
- E-Commerce Strategy for Large Account Extranets. IBM Sales & Support Centre. Dublin. (04/2001).
- TCP/IP and Web applications development. Arenal Informática, S.A. Madrid (12/1998).
- Business processes of a dot.com business. Universidad Oberta de Cataluña. Madrid (09/1998).

Affiliations

- CAOS Group. Computer Science Department. University Carlos III de Madrid.
- Project Management Institute. PMI ID: 614238. PMP Certified.  

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Links 

• University Homepage: http://www.caos.inf.uc3m.es/~raul/
• Personal Homepage: http://www.conscious-robots.com/raul  

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