MGLAIR Modal Grounded Layered Architecture with Integrated Reasoning Stuart C. Shapiro Department of Computer Science & Engineering Center for Cognitive Science University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Collaborators Past and present members of SNeRG: The SNePS Research Group http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ CogRob2006 S. C. Shapiro

Motivations Add acting and sensing to a reasoning agent. Layers It acts and senses, rather than planning for others. Layers Motivated by mind/body connections/distinctions. Let same mind be plugged into different bodies. Embodiment Origin of beliefs in sensation & proprioception. First-person privileged knowledge of own body. Symbol grounding In structures of afferent & efferent organs. Symbol as pivot between various modalities. Organize by modalities To allow/limit simultaneous acting/sensing CogRob2006 S. C. Shapiro

MGLAIR Architecture Mind KL Independent of lower-body Body implementation Body PMLa PMLb Dependent on lower-body implementation I/P s o c k e t s PMLc Proprioception Speech W O R L D Hearing SAL Vision Motion CogRob2006 S. C. Shapiro

MGLAIR CogRob2006 S. C. Shapiro