Mercurial > cortex

     1 #+title: Thesis

     2 #+author: Robert McIntyre

     3 #+email: rlm@mit.edu

     4 #+description: MEng thesis for Robert McIntyre

     5 #+keywords: AI, simulation, jMonkeyEngine3, clojure, virtual reality

     6 #+SETUPFILE: ../../aurellem/org/setup.org

     7 

     8 * COMMENT Multiple senses are compelling for AI.

     9 #+include: "./intro.org"

    10 

    11 * Virtual reality is vastly easier than actual reality.

    12   

    13 * There is no framework for AI experimenmts with multiple senses.

    14 

    15 * Cortex is my attempt at such a framework.

    16 

    17 ** COMMENT Cortex uses jMonkeyEngine3 to create virtual worlds...

    18 #+include: "./world.org"

    19 #+include: "./util.org"

    20 

    21 ** COMMENT ...and Blender to describe virtual creatures.

    22 

    23 ** COMMENT Bodies are articulated rigid constructs

    24 #+include: "./body.org"

    25 

    26 ** COMMENT Senses are all 2d surfaces with embedded sensor elements.

    27 #+include: "./sense.org"

    28 

    29 ** COMMENT Thousands of hair-like elements simulate touch.

    30 #+include: "./touch.org"

    31 

    32 ** COMMENT Vision is modeled after the human retina.

    33 #+include: "./vision.org"

    34 

    35 ** COMMENT Cortex provides general simulated hearing.

    36 #+include: "./hearing.org"

    37 

    38 ** COMMENT Proprioception and Movement provide a sense of embodiment.

    39 #+include: "./proprioception.org"

    40 #+include: "./movement.org"

    41 

    42 * COMMENT The Hand

    43 #+include: "./integration.org"

    44 

    45 * The Reusable Self Learning Joint

    46 

    47 * Robotic Calisthenics

    48 

    49 * The Lense that Sees its Flaws

    50 

    51 * Rat in a Maze

    52 

    53 * Swarm Creatures

    54   

    55 * Simulated Imagination

    56
author	Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date	Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:40:25 -0500
parents	f4ef73370da1
children	0efa36180e8a