# HG changeset patch # User Robert McIntyre # Date 1342744725 18000 # Node ID 698d48b91cd50449da6ebd0abec06742a4649742 # Parent 0c9e972c85a489f4342c9b7ca34232d5cc5030c1 made basic include structure for thesis. diff -r 0c9e972c85a4 -r 698d48b91cd5 org/thesis.org --- a/org/thesis.org Thu Jul 19 19:17:52 2012 -0500 +++ b/org/thesis.org Thu Jul 19 19:38:45 2012 -0500 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ #+keywords: AI, simulation, jMonkeyEngine3, clojure, virtual reality #+SETUPFILE: ../../aurellem/org/setup.org -* Multiple senses are compelling for AI. +* COMMENT Multiple senses are compelling for AI. #+include: "./intro.org" * Virtual reality is vastly easier than actual reality. @@ -14,15 +14,33 @@ * Cortex is my attempt at such a framework. -** Cortex uses jMonkeyEngine3 to create virtual worlds... -** ...and Blender to describe virtual creatures. -** Senses are all 2d surfaces with embedded sensor elements. -** Thousands of hair-like elements simulate touch. -** Vision is modeled after the human retina. -** Cortex provides general simulated hearing. -** Proprioception and Movement provide a sense of embodiment. +** COMMENT Cortex uses jMonkeyEngine3 to create virtual worlds... +#+include: "./world.org" +#+include: "./util.org" -* The Worm +** COMMENT ...and Blender to describe virtual creatures. + +** COMMENT Bodies are articulated rigid constructs +#+include: "./body.org" + +** COMMENT Senses are all 2d surfaces with embedded sensor elements. +#+include: "./sense.org" + +** COMMENT Thousands of hair-like elements simulate touch. +#+include: "./touch.org" + +** COMMENT Vision is modeled after the human retina. +#+include: "./vision.org" + +** COMMENT Cortex provides general simulated hearing. +#+include: "./hearing.org" + +** COMMENT Proprioception and Movement provide a sense of embodiment. +#+include: "./proprioception.org" +#+include: "./movement.org" + +* COMMENT The Hand +#+include: "./integration.org" * The Reusable Self Learning Joint diff -r 0c9e972c85a4 -r 698d48b91cd5 org/touch.org --- a/org/touch.org Thu Jul 19 19:17:52 2012 -0500 +++ b/org/touch.org Thu Jul 19 19:38:45 2012 -0500 @@ -762,23 +762,26 @@ - [[http://hg.bortreb.com ][source-repository]] * Next -So far I've implemented simulated Vision, Hearing, and Touch, the most -obvious and prominent senses that humans have. Smell and Taste shall -remain unimplemented for now. This accounts for the "five senses" that -feature so prominently in our lives. But humans have far more than the -five main senses. There are internal chemical senses, pain (which is -*not* the same as touch), heat sensitivity, and our sense of balance, -among others. One extra sense is so important that I must implement it -to have a hope of making creatures that can gracefully control their -own bodies. It is Proprioception, which is the sense of the location -of each body part in relation to the other body parts. +So far I've implemented simulated Vision, Hearing, and +Touch, the most obvious and prominent senses that humans +have. Smell and Taste shall remain unimplemented for +now. This accounts for the "five senses" that feature so +prominently in our lives. But humans have far more than the +five main senses. There are internal chemical senses, pain +(which is *not* the same as touch), heat sensitivity, and +our sense of balance, among others. One extra sense is so +important that I must implement it to have a hope of making +creatures that can gracefully control their own bodies. It +is Proprioception, which is the sense of the location of +each body part in relation to the other body parts. -Close your eyes, and touch your nose with your right index finger. How -did you do it? You could not see your hand, and neither your hand nor -your nose could use the sense of touch to guide the path of your hand. -There are no sound cues, and Taste and Smell certainly don't provide -any help. You know where your hand is without your other senses -because of Proprioception. +Close your eyes, and touch your nose with your right index +finger. How did you do it? You could not see your hand, and +neither your hand nor your nose could use the sense of touch +to guide the path of your hand. There are no sound cues, +and Taste and Smell certainly don't provide any help. You +know where your hand is without your other senses because of +Proprioception. Onward to [[./proprioception.org][proprioception]]!