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abstract first draft.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sun, 23 Mar 2014 16:33:01 -0400
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rlm@422 1
rlm@432 2 \section{Vision}
rlm@425 3 \label{sec-1}
rlm@422 4
rlm@432 5 System for understanding what the actors in a video are doing --
rlm@432 6 Action Recognition.
rlm@422 7
rlm@432 8 Separate action recognition into three components:
rlm@426 9
rlm@426 10 \begin{itemize}
rlm@432 11 \item free play
rlm@432 12 \item embodied action predicates
rlm@432 13 \item model alignment
rlm@432 14 \item sensory imagination
rlm@432 15 \end{itemize}
rlm@432 16 \section{Steps}
rlm@432 17 \label{sec-2}
rlm@432 18
rlm@432 19 \begin{itemize}
rlm@432 20 \item Build cortex, a simulated environment for sensate AI
rlm@432 21 \begin{itemize}
rlm@432 22 \item solid bodies w/ joints
rlm@432 23 \item vision
rlm@432 24 \item touch
rlm@432 25 \item vision
rlm@432 26 \item hearing
rlm@432 27 \item proprioception
rlm@432 28 \item muscle contraction
rlm@426 29 \end{itemize}
rlm@429 30
rlm@432 31 \item Build experimental framework for worm-actions
rlm@432 32 \begin{itemize}
rlm@432 33 \item embodied stream predicates
rlm@432 34 \item \(\phi\)-space
rlm@432 35 \item \(\phi\)-scan
rlm@432 36 \end{itemize}
rlm@432 37 \end{itemize}
rlm@432 38 \section{News}
rlm@432 39 \label{sec-3}
rlm@432 40
rlm@432 41 Experimental results:
rlm@432 42
rlm@432 43 \begin{itemize}
rlm@432 44 \item \(\phi\)-space actually works very well for the worm!
rlm@432 45 \item self organizing touch map
rlm@432 46 \end{itemize}
rlm@432 47
rlm@432 48 \section{Contributions}
rlm@432 49 \label{sec-4}
rlm@432 50 \begin{itemize}
rlm@432 51 \item Built \texttt{CORTEX}, a comprehensive platform for embodied AI
rlm@432 52 experiments. Has many new features lacking in other systems, such
rlm@432 53 as sound. Easy to model/create new creatures.
rlm@432 54 \item created a novel concept for action recognition by using artificial
rlm@432 55 imagination.
rlm@432 56 \end{itemize}