Objective The successful design of a cognitive system must rely on a theoretical and measurable basis which on the one hand applies to humans and on the other hand to an artificial system, ultimately allowing for its construction. PACO-PLUS aims at the design of a cognitive robot that is able to develop perceptual, behavioural and cognitive categories in a measurable way and communicate and share these with humans and other artificial agents. PACO-PLUS brings together a consortium of robotics researchers, engineers, computer vision scientists, linguists, theoretical neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists, which is reflected in the management organization.Central to the approach are three almost axiomatic assumptions which are linked to each other and which are the building blocks of a new approach required to create cognitive artificial agents:- Objects and Actions are inseparably intertwined; the so-called Object-Action Complexes are the building blocks of cognition.- Cognition is based on recurrent processes involving nested feedback loops operating on, contextualizing and reinterpreting object-action complexes. This is done while actively closing the perception-action cycle.- Unified measure of success and progress exist through minimization of contingencies which an artificial cognitive system experiences while interacting with the environment or other agents.To demonstrate the feasibility of our approach we will build robot systems with advanced cognitive capabilities that operate in real-world scenarios and that are able to learn to interact and perform basic communication with humans: A robot system to augment human action, and a robot system that is able to explore and manipulate a limited set of objects in an unconstrained environment. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticscognitive robotsnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencecomputer vision Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2004-2.4.8 - Cognitive Systems Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme IP - Integrated Project Coordinator UNIVERSITAET KARLSRUHE (TH) EU contribution No data Address KAISERSTRASSE 12 76131 KARLSRUHE Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AALBORG UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution No data Address FREDRIK BAJERS VEJ 5 9220 AALBORG See on map Total cost No data CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution No data Address CALLE SERRANO 117 28006 MADRID See on map Total cost No data GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAET GOETTINGEN STIFTUNG OEFFENTLICHEN RECHTS Germany EU contribution No data Address GOSSLERSTRASSE 5-7 37073 GOETTINGEN See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN Slovenia EU contribution No data Address JAMOVA 39 1000 LJUBLJANA See on map Total cost No data KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN Sweden EU contribution No data Address VALHALLAVAEGEN 79 100 44 STOCKHOLM See on map Total cost No data SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution No data Address CAMPUSVEJ 55 5230 ODENSE M See on map Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH EU contribution No data Address See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE Belgium EU contribution No data Address PLACE DU 20 AOUT 7 4000 LIEGE See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN Netherlands EU contribution No data Address RAPENBURG 70 2300 RA LEIDEN See on map Total cost No data
