Periodic Reporting for period 1 - ENTIMENT (Industrial Exploitation and Market Uptake of a Temporal Cognition Toolbox for Commercial Robots) Reporting period: 2017-07-01 to 2018-12-31 Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project Entiment has focused on the dissemination and commercial uptake of the first Temporal Cognition toolbox (TCT) which has been developed by FORTH in the course of the EU-funded FET-Proactive project TIMESTORM. The implementation of TCT addressed artificial temporal cognition, with a focus on human-like time representations and duration processing mechanisms for robots. Targeting the implementation of “entimed” robotic cognitive systems, we have developed computational modules addressing complementary cognitive skills along the past, present and future disciplines. The TCT modules have been available for free download as a ROS compatible node, aiming to be used by the next- generation of robot developers, in order to assist the seamless integration of robots in human societies. Accordingly, TCT aims to enhance mature and well studied robotic technologies, thus providing new impetus to modern robotic applications targeting the mass-market of service robots. Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far ENTIMENT RTD endeavors addressed three core objectives as part of implementing and promoting an effective, developer-friendly Temporal Cognition Toolbox (TCT) that facilitates the implementation of robots with human-like sense of temporality, deployed in realistic environments.Objective 1 - Exploit time-aware cognition to improve robot skills. FORTH has carefully explored complementary aspects of human social time perception and implemented computational models that enable robots to consider subjective aspects of human time perception. In order to enhance HRI in multi-agent setups, FORTH has implemented TCT that enables robots perceive and process the short- and long-term aspects of symbiotic interaction. TCT development facilitates the interface of time perception with other cognitive modalities to facilitate the development of complex, time aware robotic systems that can successfully cope with the three main temporal views that living organisms develop on the world, namely the past, the present and the future.Objective 2 - Technology Readiness Level (TRL) major advancement. FORTH has extensively assessed and refined the implemented modules to enable the integration of the TimeStorm cutting edge research results into the delivered toolbox. TCT provides an interface to ROS middleware, enabling users to successfully employ it without excess effort. Accordingly, the originally immature technology developed in TimeStorm has been effectively deployed and demonstrated in multiple realistic scenario and environments, thus accomplishing TRL 6.Objective 3 - Substantiate the commercialization potential of the Temporal Cognition Toolbox. To promote TCT and substantiate its commercialization potential, FORTH has carried out extensive dissemination activities during the course of the ENTIMENT project. These included contacting leading robotic companies and robot developers in both the academia and industry, setting up meetings for informing representatives from the public sector, demonstrating the functionality and usefulness of the end software to several collaborating partners, disseminating the software through conference and workshop presentations and executing up realistic use-case scenarios, that demonstrate the application areas that TCT is relevant. Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far) ENTIMENT capitalized on the artificial temporal cognition research conducted in TimeStorm to provide an open and extensible Temporal Cognition Toolbox (TCT), released as a Robotic Operating System (ROS) node that implements time perception and processing skills. TCT has reached out to robot developers, in both the academia and industry, who are keen in equipping robots with human-like sense of temporality as a means of promoting the seamless integration of robots in human societies. Therefore, a major opportunity arises for Europe to increase the penetration of the EU robotic industry in the global landscape, boost economic growth and contribute to job creation. FORTH will continue shifting the RTD attention on artificial temporal cognition and remains fully committed to the success of TCT as a scientific product with a high market potential. entiment-img2.jpeg entiment-img1.jpeg
