Arousal and awareness in a humanoid robot

Balkenius, Christian; Tjøstheim, Trond A.; Johansson, Birger (2018). Arousal and awareness in a humanoid robot. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2287,. Towards Conscious AI Systems Symposium. Stanford, United States
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Authors:
Balkenius, Christian ; Tjøstheim, Trond A. ; Johansson, Birger
Department:
Cognitive Science
Cognitive modeling
eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration
Project:
Cognitive Philosophy Research Group (CogPhi)
Research Group:
Cognitive modeling
Abstract:

We describe how an arousal system that controls the levels of awareness can be implemented in a robot. The different levels of awareness correspond to different states of consciousness and we argue that an artificial arousal system modeled after its biological counterpart has a useful function in controlling the cognitive processing of a brain-like cognitive architecture. The level of awareness depends on arousal that in turn is controlled by novel or emotionally charged stimuli as well as by a circadian clock. Arousal is also modulated during cognitive tasks to control the randomness of decision processes and to select between exploration and exploitation.

Keywords:
Arousal ; Exploration-exploitation ; Gain control ; Locus coeruleus ; Control Engineering ; Robotics and automation
ISSN:
1613-0073
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