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Conscious Machines...
In this section we aim to review the existing architectures or artifacts that implement any kind of machine consciousness. We have also tried to provide an introduction to the field of Machine Consciousness.
As there are many different platforms where machine... |
Theories of Consciousness
In this category we aim to review the most salient theories and models of consciousness. ... |
 Global Workspace Theory (GWT)
Baars (1995) uses the theater metaphor in order to give an intuitive idea of his theory of consciousness known as Global Workspace Theory.
Baars tell us about a “theater” in which the spotlight on the scene represents the focus of consciousness directed by attention... |
Multiple Draft Model
The Multiple Draft Model (MDM) introduced by Dennett (1991), uses the editorial review metaphor to describe the cognitive processes of consciousness.
In this domain, coalitions of unconscious processors suffer a reiterative edition and review process (producing... |
Higher Order Theories of Consciousness
Higher Order Theories of Consciousness take a common account for consciousness based on higher-order representations of conscious states. For the sake of clarity and as a preliminary explanation we could just say that Higher Order Theories (HOT) try to model... |
The Field of Machine Consciousness
In this category we describe and introduce the incipient field of Machine Consciousness. We have a special interest in strictly scientific approaches and practical applications. ... |
Cognitive Robotics
In this article I aim to provide a comprehensive introduction to the field of cognitive robotics by providing you with some definitions, examples, links to information resources, courses, and research projects. Also, the research motivations of this field are... |
Robot Free Will
At any given time the mind has to take decisions and multiple unconscious actions are done. Our conscious mind continuously confabulates making up the illusion that it is in charge. But, who is actually in charge?
Can science tell us what is exactly the human... |
Machine Consciousness and Strong AI
Is machine consciousness a key aspect of strong artificial intelligence (strong AI)?
Can machine consciousness be applied as a pragmatic approach in weak AI?
Are machine consciousness and strong AI the same thing?
Machine consciousness is relatively... |
What is Machine Consciousness?
First of all, I would say that the concept of machine consciousness is not really new. What I think is new is the application of the latest scientific or philosophic models of consciousness in the Artificial Intelligence arena. Basically, machine consciousness... |
Machine Consciousness Projects
Here you can find reviews about Robots and computer architectures implementing any kind of Machine Consciousness. ... |
Feelix Growing Project
Feelix Growing (FEEL, Interact, eXpress: a Global appRoach to develOpment With INterdisciplinary Grounding) is a project funded by the European Commission under contract FP6 IST-045169. It was launched in December 2006 and it is planned to end by May 2010... |
SOUL Project
The SOUL project, lead by Ricardo Sanz at the UPM Autonomous Systems Laboratory [1], tries to develop a cognitive architecture for complex cognitive control.
Control systems are software-intensive applications that are getting extremely complex not only... |
Sensopac Project
SENSOPAC is a European project supported within the Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP6). The SENSOPAC project will combine machine learning techniques and modelling of biological systems to develop a machine capable of abstracting... |
Lucy
Lucy the Robot
The aim of this research is to try and establish a single neural architecture that is capable of doing all the things the brain's cerebral cortex can do - hearing, seeing, thinking, feeling and moving. This ambitious project is currently... |
CyberChild
Rodney Cotterill's CyberChild
As far as I know there is no official website of this project. CyberChild project is based on a simulation of the brain and body of a very young infant. The main objective of the project is findind the neural correlated of consciousness... |
The Cognition and Affect Project
The Cognition and Affect Project
Exploring architectures for intelligent agents: (whether natural or artificial)
The CogAff project is a broad research effort on the principles for designing and explaining architectures for whole intelligent agents. This highly... |
CRONOS Project
The website of CRONOS PROJECT covers Owen Holland's and Tom Troscianko's EPSRC Adventure fund project to build a conscious robot (GR/S47946/01). This three year project is taking place at the University of Essex and the University of Bristol and will... |
IDA and LIDA
The following systems are based on Baars' GWT (Global Workspace Theory) and have been developed by University of Memphis Cognitive Computing Research Group:
IDA (Intelligent Distribution Agent) addresses the Navy's problem of job distribution using the Conscious... |
CERA
CERA (Conscious and Emotional Reasoning Architecture) is a software architecture that allows the integration of different cognitive components into a single autonomous system. It is designed to be a flexible research framework in which different consciousness... |
CCC
Here you will find articles regarding the Computational Correlates of Consciousness (CCC). ... |
Conscious Robots
Here you will find reviews of existing implementations of robots or robotics plaforms implementing any kind of Machine Consciousness Architecture. ... |
Can a robot pass the mirror test?
First of all, the mirror test is not exactly intended as a general test for consciousness, but a specific test for self-consciousness, and more exactly self-recognition. It is generally applied to some higher mammals and infants. The test consists on determining... |
Robots and Theology
Do robots dream of God? This is a controversial question raised many times in Hollywood movies. However, in recent years scientists and theologians are looking at the possible implications of Strong Artificial Intelligence.
The possibility of a future in which... |
The Safe Performance of Robots: A Matter of Law
It seems that some governments are taking very seriously the possibility of the everyday use of robots in society. Japan and South Korea are worried about human safety in a world where many critical tasks can be performed by machines. They share the Issac... |
Self-Awareness in Robots
What do robots dream of? This is the title of a perspective paper published this week in Science written by Christoph Adami. The author argues that robots that create and update internal models of their own structure may be able to better adapt to the world... |
AI Techniques...
This section aims to cover the main Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques that can be potentially used for Machine Consciousness.
Machine consciousness models are based on psychological or philosophical models. For the actual implementation... |
Biologicaly Inspired AI
This category covers all AI (Artificial Intelligence) techniques inspired in processes observed in biological organisms. Bio-inspired models are the foundation of many AI techniques like Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Artificial Life (AL), Evolutionary Computing... |
1st International Seminar on New Issues of AI
1st International Seminar on New Issues of Artificial Intelligence
Departamento de Informática - Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
More Information: http://scalab.uc3m.es/~seminarios/
About the seminars:
Kalyanmoy Deb Indian Institute... |
Artificial Life
Here you will find articles related to the use of Artificial Life (AL) in Machine Consciousness implementations. ... |
Evolutionary Computing
Evolutionary computing is one of the popular domains in the context of Artificial Intelligence tecniques. Here you will find articles related to the use of Genetic Programming (GP) and Genetic Algorithms in Machine Consciousness implementations. ... |
Understanding Genetics - Daniel Dennett Interview
These are some excerpts from an enterview with Daniel Dennett. The series are titled Understanding Genetics. Points of View. Source: www.thetech.org/genetics. Questions are very much related with the content of two of the Books written by Dennett: 'Darwin's Dangerous... |
Upcoming Call for Papers
This is a link to an online application where you can add, view and manage the call for papers from the conferences of your interest.
Call for Papers Application.
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The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online
In the context of evolutionary computing it is very interesting to know that from October 2006 the Universoty of Cambridge offers the complete work of Charles Darwin online at darwin-online.org.uk.
The site contains more than 50,000 searchable... |
ANN
Here you will find articles related to the use of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) in Machine Consciousness Implementations. ... |
Multi-Agent Systems
Here you will find articles related to the use of Multi-Agent Systems in Machine Consciousness implementations. ... |
Neuroscience...
In this section you can find neuroscience related news. We try to focus on consciousness related issues and research results applicable to machine consciousness. Both human and other mammals related studies are included.
Undoubtly, the study of human... |
Conferences
Here you can find a list of Neuroscience conferences. ... |
NCC
Here you will find articles related to the Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCC). ... |
Consciousness and the Biology of the Brain
This video from the series Conversations with History entitled Consciousness and the Biology of the Brain is an enterview with Christof Koch presented by The Instite of International Studies of the University of California at Berkeley.
Host Harry Kreisler... |
Human Brain
Under this category you can find Human Brain related topics. Latest advances in neuroscience are closely followed and research results can be used as feedback for our machine consciousness models. ... |
New anesthesia derived from chillis block pain without impairing movement
Scientists at the Massachusetts General Hospital have combined a normally inactive lidocaine derivative with capsaicin, the ‘heat’-generating ingredient in chili peppers, to produce pain-specific local anesthesia. When injected into rats, this combination completely... |
Emotion, moral judgement, and Reason
Although classical AI approaches have usually neglected the emotional dimension, it is becoming a key part of many of the current artificial cognitive architectures. The neurobiological study of emotions during the last decades has offered new insight. The analysis... |
The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach
This is a filmed lecture of Christof Koch, neuroscientist famous for his contributions to the quest for understanding the underlying mechanisms of consciousness. He has been working jointly with Francis Crick researching on the visual perception and specifcally... |
Online Neuroanatomy Course
This is a link to an online course on neuroanatomy (written in Spanish) by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Anatomy Department - Medicine School.
These pages are property of the Anatomy Department of the Medicine School of Catholic University... |
The Brain's Dark Energy
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... |
Ramón y Cajal Nobel Prize Centenary
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... |
Phantom limbs and virtual reality
Scientists from Manchester University (Murray and his team [1][2]) have proven that patients suffering pain in their inexsistent phanton limbs can relieve pain by using visualisation. Using different techniques, from a simple mirror to advanced virtual reality... |
Emotions and the perception of pain
As published in the last issue of JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association) by Irene Tracey (Oxford University) emotions and motivations play an important role in the mechanisms of the perception of pain in the human brain. Using brain imaging techniques... |
The "Machiavellian intelligence" hypothesis
The most popular theory that tries to account for the extremely fast evolution of human brain is the "Machiavellian intelligence" hypothesis (also known as "social brain" hypothesis).
Human brain has evolved much faster than other mammals. In only 25 million... |
We know the brain as much as Galileo knew the universe
The knowledge we currently have about the human brain is comparable to the knowledge about the Universe we had in Galileo’s time, said the Novel Prize Torsten Wiesel during a meeting in Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Mr. Wiesel argues that plasticity is a... |
Pinky and the Brain
Pinky and the Brain. The Brainstem.
Here we have a scientific description of the main parts of human brain by Pinky. The funniest way to learn about human brain. Enjoy it!
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Consciousness in Vegetative State?
As reported last week in Science, a team of researchers in Cambridge have demonstrated that a patient in vegetative state preserved conscious awareness. Using a fMRI scanner the patient showed same activation patterns as healthy volunteers when she was asked to... |
Mammals Brain
In this category you can find information related to other higher mammals brains. Consciousness seems not to be exclusively produced in humans, therefore there is a lot of things we can learn from our closer evolutionary relatives. ... |
Making plans
Traditionally, human are the only animals considered able to plan ahead. However, recent research works demonstrate that other higher mammals (like bonobos) are able to save tools for future use. As published in Nature by Nicholas J. Mulcahy and Josep Call from... |
Elephants recognize themselves in the mirror
We already knew that humans, great apes, and dolphins are able to recognize themselves in the mirror. Usually, the rest of higher mammals or other animals think the image in the glass belongs to another individual (if they understand the concept of individual at all)... |
Researchers...
In this section we try to list the most salient researchers and research centers in the field of machine consciousness.
We have deliberately excluded from this section those researchers or research centers that are not mostly focused... |
Researchers
People researching specifically on Machine Consciousness (We don't include in this section consciousness researchers, but only people working specifically on machine consciousness models and devices). ... |
Pentti O A Haikonen
Pentti O A Haikonen
Doctor of Technology
Principal Scientist, Cognitive Technology Nokia Research Center, Helsinki
Dr. Haikonen is principal scientist at Nokia Research Center, his research focus is on Machine Cognition, Robot Brains, Machine Emotions, Conscious... |
Steve Grand
Steve Grand is the founder of Cyberlife Research Limited and the creator of Lucy the robot.
Steve Grand Homepage
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David Gamez
David Gamez is a researcher on Machine Consciousness at the University of Essex, UK. He is working with Prof. Owen Holland and participating in CRONOS Project.
David Gamez Homepage
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Rodney M J Cotterill
Rodney M J Cotterill
Emeritus Professor
Technical University of Denmark
Department of Physics
Denmark
Coterill developed CyberChild - A simulation test-bed for consciousness studies.
Rodney M J Cotterill Homepage. ... |
Riccardo Manzotti
Riccardo Manzotti
He is assistant professor of psychology at the IULM University (Milan), Institute of Human, Languange and Environmental Sciences. His main interest is understanding the nature of consciousness, and his research work include artificial consciousness... |
Aaron Sloman
Aaron Sloman School of Computer Science The University of Birmingham Birmingham, B15 2TT England, UK
1991-2005: Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. Since 2005: Honorary Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. ... |
Ricardo Sanz
Ricardo Sanz is professor in systems engineering and automatic control and researcher in the field of autonomous systems. Some interesting research works on Artificial Intelligence and the relation between control and consciousness can be found in his website:... |
Owen Holland
Owen Holland University of Essex
He is PI of the EPSRC Adventure Fund project 'Machine consciousness through internal modelling', sometimes known as 'the CRONOS project'.
Homepage: Owen Holland... |
Igor Aleksander
Emeritus Professor Aleksander Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering Head of Intelligent and Interactive Systems Imperial College London
Homepage: Igor Aleksander... |
Raúl Arrabales Moreno
Raúl Arrabales Moreno University Carlos III of Madrid Departamento de Informática
Publications
Curriculum Vitae
Contact
Links
Raúl Arrabales is currently researching on machine consciousness as... |
Research Centers
This category aims to list the most salient research centers around the world dedicated to consciousness and/or machine consciousness. ... |
Cognitive Computing Research Group
The CCRG’s research revolves around the design and implementation of cognitive, sometimes "conscious," software agents, their computational applications, and their use in cognitive modeling.
Visit the CCRG website.
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Centre for Consciousness
The Australian National University Centre for Consciousness was set up in August 2004 as part of David Chalmers' ARC Federation Fellowship project. The project statement is as follows:
This project aims to develop a research centre that will be a world leader... |
Center for Consciousness Studies
The University of Arizona Center for Consciousness Studies (department of psychology) promote open, rigorous discussion of all phenomena related to consciousn experience.
Visit the Center for Consciousness Studies website.
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Discussion Forums
This category lists some discussion groups or discussion forums on the matter of scientific study of consciousness and/or machine consciousness. ... |
Language Mind and Consciousness
AI Forums: Language Mind and Consciousness. This AI Forum is dedicated to the problem of language, mind, and consciousness.
Background
The manipulation of natural human language by a computer, a major research track inside artificial intelligence, at first... |
www.Conscious-Robots.com Forums
Conscious-Robots.com Forums welcome discussion about the following topics:
Machine Consciousness
Scientific Study of Consciousness
Cognitive Robotics
Microsoft Robotics Studio
Anything related to AI and Consciousness
LINK: http://www... |
PSYCHE-D Discussion Forum (Theoretical emphasis)
PSYCHE-D: Areas of discussion appropriate for Psyche-D, where the focus is on theory related issues, include the following: A) How do we define consciousness? In the broader sense, what natural phenomena are we trying to understand? What needs to be explained,... |
PSYCHE-B Discussion Forum
PSYCHE-B: Areas of discussion appropriate for Psyche-B, where the focus is on research issues from an empirical point-of-view, include the following: A) What directions in research are suggested by theory? What questions are ripe for research? B) What can we... |
Interviews and Lectures
Here we have collected interviews and lectures from world-class researchers on consciousness and machine consciousness. ... |
Consciousness and the Biology of the Brain
This video from the series Conversations with History entitled Consciousness and the Biology of the Brain is an enterview with Christof Koch presented by The Instite of International Studies of the University of California at Berkeley.
Host Harry Kreisler... |
The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach
This is a filmed lecture of Christof Koch, neuroscientist famous for his contributions to the quest for understanding the underlying mechanisms of consciousness. He has been working jointly with Francis Crick researching on the visual perception and specifcally... |
Deus ex Machina. Interview with Anne Foerst
This is a transcript of a Berkeley Groks interview with Anne Foerst entitled Deus ex Machina. December 22, 2004.
Listen to the Interview (mp3)
Prof. Anne Foerst Visiting Professor of Theology and Computer Science, St. Bonaventure University... |
Douglas R. Hofstadter at Stanford
Douglas R. Hofstadter.
Trying to Muse Rationally about the Singularity Scenario.
The Singularity Summit at Stanford.
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Interview with Francis Crick - UCSD Guestbook
This is an enterview with Francis Crick (the Nobel Laureate co-discoverer of the DNA) conducted by the neuroscientist Nick Spitzer at University of California - San Diego.
The discussion is centered about Dr. Crick's research on human consciousness.
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Interview with Daniel Dennett by Robert Wright
This is a one hour interview with Daniel Dannett conducted by Robert Wright at Dennett's home in Massachusetts. Main topics of the enterview are consciousness, evolution and free will.
The interview's video is dated September 2004.
More information... |
Interview with Rodolfo Llinás
This is a link to an interview with Rodolfo Llinás conducted by Sérgio Strejilevich in Brain & Mind electronic magazine on Neuroscience:
Interview with Rodolfo Llinás.
The body of the interview (excerpt from Brain & Mind electronic magazine number 6... |
Associations and Foundations
In this category we list and include links to the most important associations in the scientific study of consciousness and machine consciousness. ... |
The Swartz Foundation
The mission of the Swartz Foundation is to explore the application of physics, mathematics and computer engineering principles to neuroscience, as a path to better understanding the brain/mind relationship.
Visit the Swartz Foundation webpage.
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Mind Science Foundation
The Mind Science Foundation is dedicated to solving one of the major questions of modern science - The puzzle of human consciousness - by funding leading-edge scientific research and education focused on the mind/brain.
Visit the Mind Science Foundation website... |
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
ASSC promotes research within cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy, and other relevant disciplines in the sciences and humanities, directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness.
Visit ASSC website.
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Reviews...
Here you will find reviews about books, courses and robots related to the field of Machine Consciousness. ... |
Theories and Models of Consciousness
In this category we aim to review the most salient theories and models of consciousness. ... |
Robotics Tools
Here you can find news and reviews about the resources and tools used to build and develop robotic applications. We have tried to focus on those platforms applicated to machine consciousness. ... |
Robots
Here you will find reviews about Robots that can be potentially used for research on Machine Consciousness. ... |
WowWee Rovio
The creators of Robosapien WowWee are preparing a new robot called Rovio that has been presented at CES 2008 and will be available this summer and it will cost around 200 Euro.
Rovio is an omnidirectional wheeled robot equipped with an onboard webcam... |
WowWee Robopanda
One of the latest robotic toys from WowWee Robotics is the Robopanda. Unlike former WowWee robots like Robosapien, this robot doesn’t work with a remote control, but directly by touch and sound. It is designed to play games, sing songs, and talk with children... |
AMOUSE The Robotic Mouse
The AMOUSE (The Artificial Mouse Project) is a robot mouse designed to study the mouse behavior and the integration of somatosensory (whiskers) and visual sensory modalities.
This robotic mouse is built on top of a Khepera robot base (C) and includes an... |
The Huggable Robot
The Huggable project started in the MIT Media Lab (The Robotic Life Group) in 2005. The Huggable is a new type of robotic companion for healthcare, education, and social communication. It is inspired in traditional companion animal therapy.
The Huggable is... |
Robotic Carp
The robotic carp developed by Ryomei Engineering (a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) is a curious example of a fish robot. This remote-controlled metal fish resembles to a koi carp, and it's actually a great catch: 80 cm... |
CB2 The baby robot
CB2 (Child-robot with Biomimetic Body) is a young android created by Japanese researchers Minoru Asada and Hiroshi Ishiguro (who famously created an android twin of himself). The following video shows this silicone skin baby bot rolling around and trying... |
New version of Asimo in Barcelona
A new version of the famous Asimo robot was presented last month in Barcelona, Spain. In addition to the former features of this humanoid model, the new version of Asimo features a streamlined design and is able to perform receptionist tasks, carrying objects,... |
Plen the Skating Robot
Plen is a robot designed to skate around on your desktop. It can be controlled via Bluettoth. It was launched commercially last summer in Japan [1] for around $2000.
Plen is able to keep balance when skateboarding or even skating on one leg. The following... |
BEAR (Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot)
BEAR (Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot) is a prototype from Vecna Robotics [1] designed to find, pick up and rescue people in harm's way. The BEAR can lift heavy loads (up to 135 Kg) and carry them long distance. It is intended to carry out rescue tasks... |
Lucy the Robot
Robot Lucy is a research project developed by Steve Grand as a platform to develop novel theories about how the human brain works. Lucy is an "orangutan" not programmed to do anything, but intended to develop her synthetic nervous system and learn as she grows up... |
URBI. Universal Real-time Behavior Interface
It was a matter of time that Microsoft Robotics Studio had a competitor. Last month Gostai released URBI 1.0 RC2. Release candidate 1 was out just the same month (December 2006) Microsoft released their version 1.0 of MSRS. URBI is available under GPL license... |
MobileRobots Pioneer 3 (P3 DX)
The Pioneer 3 DX is a robot base platform by MobileRobots Inc. (ActivMedia Robotics). This wheeled robot has been updated in its P3-DX8 version to carry loads more robustly and improve autonomy.
Although the P3-DX offers an embedded computer option it can be... |
I-Cybie Review
I-Cybie Review: I-Cybie robotic pet is manufactured by Silverlit Electronics and commercialized worldwide by several toy vendors. It comes in three colors: blue, gold and transparent cover. This pet robot is quite close to a Sony Aibo in terms of... |
Robotic Bugs
Given that we are not able to reproduce in a robot the complexity and versatility of a human nervous system, we can try with much more simple biological intelligence examples: bugs. Actually, roboticists are struggling to design robots as intelligent and agile as bugs... |
A Robot in Every Home
Scientific American January 2007 issue features an article by Bill Gates titled A Robot in Every Home [1]. Is domestic robotics industry going to reach critical mass in the short term? Robotics applications in manufacturing are a reality. However, practical... |
Polymorphic Robotics
Polymorphic Robotics, self-adaptive, self-organizing, and generally self-* properties of robotics are usually related to the field of machine consciousness. Basically, some degree of self-consciousness is required to self-repair or self-heal a robot. The SASO 2007... |
Self-Replicating Robots
Researchers from Cornell University (Hod Lipson and colleagues) built a robot than can reproduce. Self-replication and self-reparation are desirable properties of robots for some environments. The following video shows the proof of concept robot (2005) made up... |
Sony QRIO dancing
It's a shame that Sony decided to discontinue their robotics projects. The Sony QRIO humanoid would had been a nice platform for machine consciousness research... Here we can see four prototypes in the dance floor: ... |
Robo-One 2006 wrestling
There are many problems where the application of machine consciousness would be a valuable advantage. Even in robot wrestling competitions, let's have a look what is the state of the art in this field: ... |
Lego NXT Spike
The spike model is one of the standard models that comes with the Lego Mindstorms NXT kit.
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Aibo Dancing
This video demonstrates that Aibos can dance
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Aibo Swimming
Who said Aibo is not an aquatic robot? Don't try this at home using real water...
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ICybie dancing
Here we have an ICybie robot (2005 version I think) dacing:
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Asimo Fall
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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Robotic Mule
Robotic Mule.
Here we have a robotic mule by Boston Dynamics. This quadruped robot known as BigDog is awesome walking on rough terrain, it is even tolerant to bothering humans kicking its back! Hopefully this robot has no machine consciousness... |
Books
Here you will find reviews about Consciousness and Machine Consciousness Books. ... |
Robotics Studio...
Welcome to www.Conscious-Robots.com pages for MSRS (Microsoft Robotics Studio)!
As part of the research work on machine consciousness, the Conscious-Robots.com team is performing a number of experiments with autonomous mobile robots. The Microsoft... |
Robotics Studio Howto
This category contains a number of short HOWTO documents about Microsoft Robotics Studio. ... |
How to be automatically authenticated to the DSS Node
How to be automatically authenticated to the DSS Node?
When you connect to the Robotics Studio GUI with a browser you should be automatuically authenticated to the DSS node. However, sometimes, depending on your settings, you are asked a user and password... |
How to use the new features of C# 2.0
When you look for the first time to the C# sample code provided with Robotics Studio you will notice that some new features of this language are extensively used. Statements like yield return, yield break, and IEnumerator<ITask> might... |
Getting started with Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS)
How to get started with the Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS) Platform?
Microsoft Robotics Studio is a Windows-based environment for academic, hobbyist and commercial developers to easily create robotics applications across a wide variety of hardware. Key... |
Getting started with the Visual Programming Language (VPL)
How to get started with the Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS) Visual Programming Language (VPL)?
First things first: at least you need to have an idea of what Microsoft Robotics Studio is, so having a look to the introduction is a must unless you are... |
Coordinate system in Simulation Environment
What coordinate system is used in Microsoft Robotics Studio Simulation Environment?
MSRS Visual Simulation Environment uses the right handed coordinate system. In a right handed coordinate system a rotation about a directed axis is called positive if it... |
ARCOS Serial Port Configuration
How to setup the serial port to communicate with an ARCOS robot?
The concrete case I am describing here is a MobileRobots Pioneer 3 DX robot, but I think this applies to any ARCOS based robot.
Interfacing with the Pioneer 3 DX hardware via Microsoft Robotics... |
Finding contracts in a service assembly
How to retrieve service contracts and operations from a service assembly?
I came to this question when looking for the generic contract for Sonar. It is actually defined in the assembly RoboticsCommon.dll. All the generic contracts I use are defined... |
More than 20 ports in a PortSet
How to use more than twenty ports in a PortSet?
In Robotics Studio the operations supported by a service are also defined as ports in a CCR PortSet (Microsoft.Ccr.Core.PortSet). And the former is defined as a set of generic ports: PortSet<T0, ..., T19>... |
How to create a generic contract
How to build a service assembly containing generic contract(s)?
I asked this question in the MSRS forum as I wanted to test different exploration algorithms with minimal impact in my existing code, and I think the correct way to do it is by defining... |
Robotics Studio Services
This category includes some of the MSRS services developed for our research and teaching work. ... |
Simulated Pioneer 3DX Bumper
SimulatedPioneerBumper Service
Microsoft Robotics Studio comes with a simulated Pioneer 3DX entity that can be used in the Visual Simulation Environment. This simulated robot can be equipped with several simulated sensors, like the LRF or the simulated bumper... |
ExplorerSimSonar Application
ExplorerSimSonar Application
ExplorerSimSonar Application is a set of MSRS services used to recreate a virtual maze-like environment and experiment with a simulated Pioneer 3 DX robot equipped with a frontal Sonar array.
The archive available for download... |
Explorer Sim Sonar Service
Explorer Sim Sonar Service
The ExplorerSimSonar Service is a modification of MSRS Explorer which works with the simulated sonar, instead of using the Simulated Laser Range Finder. It is based on the ExplorerSim service, which is an adaptation of the Explorer service... |
Control Panel Service (Dashboard)
The Control Panel service is a version of the Dashboard service by Trevor Taylor in which a control for representing the simulated Sonar has been added. Dashboard is based on the MSRS Simple Dashboard service. Dashboard original code and documentation can be... |
Maze Simulator Service
This Maze Simulator Service for Microsoft Robotics Studio is 99% based on the MSRS Maze Simulator by Trevor Taylor (find the original version following this link to Trevor's page). I just modified it to use my simulated Sonar service instead of the simulated... |
Simulated SONAR Service
The Simulated SONAR Service provides access to a simulated SONAR array. It uses Robotics Studio Simulator raycasting to simulate SONAR transducers. Using this service you are able to test SONAR object detection and distance measurement in the MSRS Visual Environment... |
ARCOS SONAR Service
ARCOS based robots (like the Pioneer P3-DX) can integrate up to four SONAR rings, each with eight transducers. These sensors provide object detection and distance information. I am currently using the inbuilt frontal SONAR array for navigation with MSRS.
The... |
ConcurrentLogger for .NET
ConcurrentLogger is a quite simple .NET class that allows you to write a unique and sequential log file from a multi-thread application. I am programming robotics applications using MSRS, and I wanted to generate an independent log file that could be safely created... |
Robotics Studio News
News related to Microsoft Robotics Studio, with a focus on new platform version and package releases. ... |
RoboChamps Competition
Microsoft have recently launched the RoboChamps simulation robotics competition and portal.
The Robochamps.com portal supports the league competitions with training, access to software, and community features. Robochamps is based on simulation, therefore you... |
Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 CTP April
Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 CTP April Available
Yesterday (9th April 2008) Microsoft Robotics group announced the first Community Technical Preview (CTP) of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008. This platform in the thrid version of the formerly... |
Conscious-Robots.com joins Microsoft Robotics Studio
Conscious-Robots.com joins Microsoft Robotics Studio as a partner
As announced by Microsoft Robotics Group last January, Conscious-Robots.com has now joined Microsoft Robotics Studio Partner Program (MSRSPP). Conscious-Robots.com is an organization dedicated... |
Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.5) Refresh
Microsoft Robotics have relased an update of the Microsoft Robotics Studio 1.5 platform. This update, called Refresh, include bugfixes and some new features as a response to the comments, requests and bug reports received from the community in the MSDN forums... |
Robotics Studio 1.5 Released
Microsoft Robotics Group has released the second official version (1.5) of Microsoft Robotics Studio. This version can be downloaded from this link.
For those of you who don't know what Robotics Studio is, let me quote Microsoft: The... |
Robotics Studio 1.5 May 2007 CTP
May 2007 Community Technical Preview of the Microsoft Robotics Studio 1.5 has been released as announced by Trandy Trower, Genral Manager, Microsoft Robotics Group.
Welcome Letter is publised at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/robotics/bb432177... |
RoboCup Simulator for Robotics Studio
Microsoft Releases Soccer Simulation for Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.0)- Preview March 2007
If you were wondering how to set your CPU Idle time to 0% and didn't find a funny way to do it, maybe this is interesting for you (but don't try it at home while you are... |
Robotics Studio 1.0 Released
Microsoft Robotics Group has released the first commercial release of Microsoft Robotics Studio. This version can be downloaded from this link.
For those of you who don't know what Robotics Studio is, let me quote Microsoft: The Microsoft Robotics Studio... |
Microsoft Robotics Studio November 2006 CTP
Microsoft Robotics Group has released the November 2006 Community Technical Preview (CTP) of the Microsoft Robotics Studio. This version can be downloaded from this link.
As announced last November 7th Microsoft has released the November 2006 CTP... |
Microsoft Robotics Studio October 2006 CTP
Microsoft Robotics Group has released the October 2006 Community Technical Preview (CTP) of the Microsoft Robotics Studio. This version can be downloaded from this link.
For those of you who don't know what Robotics Studio is, let me quote Microsoft:... |
Robotics Studio Forums
Forums, questions, answers, discussion, and links about Microsoft Robotics Studio. ... |
Robocup MSRS Challenge Maillist
This is a mail list for the participants in the RoboCup MSRS Challenge. The list is for announcements and discussions relating to the RoboCup Microsoft Robotics Studio Challenge.
Go to RoboCup-MSRS list page.
Following the link... |
MSRS Official Forums
Microsoft Robotics Studio official forums are part of the MSDN Forums, there you can find discussion threads for Comunity, CCR, DSS, VPL, Hardware configuration and Simulation.
Microsoft Robotics Studio Forums.
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Conscious-Robots.com Forum for MSRS (Spanish)
The www.Conscious-Robots.com Forums have a section dedicated to Microsoft Robotics Studio in Spanish, feel free to participate in this forum if your preferred language is Spanish and you have questions, critiques, or comments regarding MSRS:
Foro MSRS de... |
Conscious-Robots.com Forum for MSRS (English)
The www.Conscious-Robots.com Forums have a section dedicated to Microsoft Robotics Studio, feel free to participate in these forums if you have questions, critiques, or comments regarding MSRS:
MSRS Forum at Conscious-Robots.com
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Robotics Studio Downloads
Microsoft Robotics Studio Downloads: Runtime, extra packages, services, tutorials and courseware. ... |
www.Conscious-Robots.com Download Page
This is a link to the www.Conscious-Robots.com Download Page where you can find Robotics Studio Services:
Conscious-Robots.com Download Page
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Microsoft Robotics Studio Download Page
This is a link to the official MSRS downloads page. Here you can download the latest version of Robotics Studio platform, and associated packages and updates:
Microsoft Robotics Studio Downloads
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Documentación en Español (Spanish Documentation)
Esta categoría incluye traducciones no oficiales de la documentación de Microsoft Robotics Studio, así como otros documentos relacionados en español (This category encloses unofficial translation of Microsoft Robotics Studio documentation, as well as other related... |
Lenguaje de Programación Visual (VPL)
VPL - Lenguaje de Programación Visual (VPL)
Microsoft Visual Programming Lenguaje (VPL) es un entorno que ofrece un modelo de programación gráfico y que permite una programación convencional. El objetivo de este lenguaje de programación es facilitar a... |
Entorno de Simulación Visual
Entorno de Simulación Visual de Microsoft Robotics Studio
Uno de los mayores motivos por el que se creó MSRS era acelerar el desarrollo y adopción de la robótica. Gran parte de este esfuerzo está centrado en la simulación. Se ha diseñado una simulación con una... |
Introducción a Microsoft Robotics Studio
Introducción a Microsoft Robotics Studio
Microsoft Robotics Studio es un entorno de desarrollo para docentes o profesionales orientado a la creación de aplicaciones de robótica. Entre otras, las funcionalidades clave de Microsoft Robotics Studio son proporcionar... |
Introducción a DSS (Decentralized Software Services)
DSS - Introducción a DSS (Decentralized Software Services)
Como ya se ha mencionado anteriormente, el DSS combina la arquitectura tradicional Web con partes de la arquitectura de Servicios de Web. La arquitectura resultante se basa en servicios para coordinar... |
Introducción a los Iteradores (Iterators) en C# 2.0
Introducción a los Iteradores (Iterators) en C# 2.0
Una característica novedosa del lenguaje C# 2.0 usada por CCR son los Iteradores (Iterators), que permiten que en lugar de usar delegados para conseguir el comportamiento asíncrono, el programador pueda reescribir... |
Introducción a CCR (Concurrency and Coordination Runtime)
Introducción a C.C.R.: Concurrency and Coordination Runtime
Un aspecto muy importante en el desarrollo de una aplicación de control para un robot es la coordinación de múltiples tareas interactivas y simultáneas. Este paradigma se conoce como programación asíncrona... |
Publications...
In this section we try to collect the most salient Books, articles, papers, conferences and media about consciousness and machine consciousness. ... |
Books
In this category we aim to list the most salient contemporary books on the scientific research on consciousness. ... |
Searching for Spirit
Searching for Spirit.
Searching for Truth about Mind and Morality.
Where IS your mind? Is your mind located somewhere in your brain? Does your brain create your mind? If the answer to these questions is yes, the belief held by many religions that there is... |
Robot Brains: Circuits and Systems for Conscious Machines
Robot Brains: Circuits and Systems for Conscious Machines
by Pentti O. Haikonen
Wiley. September 2007. ISBN: 978-0-470-06204-3.
Haikonen envisions autonomous robots that perceive and understand the world directly, acting in it in a natural human-like way... |
The Cognitive Approach to Conscious Machines
The Cognitive Approach to Conscious Machines
by Pentti O. Haikonen
Principal Scientist, Cognitive Technology, Nokia Research Imprint Academics. March 2003, 300 pp., ISBN 0907845428.
"A fascinating presentation of various issues relating to the emulation of... |
Aleksander (1996) Impossible Minds: My Neurons, My Consciousness
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