1. 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

2. Collaborators Past and present members of
SNeRG: The SNePS Research Group
CogRob2006
S. C. Shapiro

3. 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

4. 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

5. MGLAIR
CogRob2006
S. C. Shapiro